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2023 |
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25 May
30 March
23 February |
Group Captain Terry Wilson AM, AFC (Ret’d), Club member and retired Air Force pilot
Mr Stephen Byron, Chief Executive Officer, Canberra Airport Drew McKinnie, Safety Manager, Gliding Australia |
Restoring the HARS Vampire
Canberra Airport – an update.
Gliding Australia – Exceptional Fun and Interesting Safety Challenges |
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2022
27 October |
Air Vice-Marshal Brian Weston, AM, FRAES (Ret’d), Club member and former RAAF fighter pilot |
RAAF Pilot Training with the RAF, 1966 to 1971 |
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29 September |
Dr Reece Clothier President, Australian Association for Uncrewed Systems |
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25 August |
Group Captain Paul Carpenter, CSM, Officer Commanding No 92 Wing |
Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 22 |
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28 July |
Wing Commander Mathew Shelley, Officer-In-Charge RAAF Museum |
Australia’s Air Force Museum – A new vision for RAAF Museum
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30 June |
Air Commodore Joe Medved, Director-General Defence Aviation Safety Authority |
Civilian and ADF maintainers in Defence Aviation – A Regulator’s view |
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26 May |
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC (Retd), CASA Chair, former Chief of the Defence Force and before that, Chief of Air Force |
Taking a step back in time – flying the Canberra bomber |
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28 April |
Group Captain Mac Cottrell DFC (Ret’d), Former RAAF fighter pilot and forward air control (FAC) pilot |
FAC Operations in Vietnam |
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31 March |
Wing Commander Grant Kelly, Director Historic Unrecovered War Casualties-Air Force |
The story of 11 Squadron Catalina A24-50, lost 2 September 1943. |
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24 February |
John McKenna, Retired RN aeronautical engineer and Club Member |
The Buccaneer carrier-based strike aircraft |
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2021 |
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25 November |
Air Vice-Marshal Bob Richardson, AO, AFC (Retd),Club member and retired RAAF fighter and test pilot |
The Empire Test Pilots School – 1968 |
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29 July |
Ian Pearson, Club member |
Cold War Warriors – RAAF P-3 Orion Operations 1968-1991 |
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24 June |
Commodore Norman Lee, RAN (Ret’d), Club life member |
Aircraft I have flown |
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27 May |
Group Captain R.J. ‘Chuck’ Connor, retired RAAF pilot |
Caribou Operations with UN in Kashmir (UNMOGIP) |
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29 April |
Greg Hood, Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
Australian National Transport Safety Investigation Agency |
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25 March |
Air Commodore John Meier, (RAAFAR), Director-General History and Heritage-Air Force |
The changing face of RAAF History and Heritage |
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25 February |
Air Commodore Jim Cole, AM, (Ret’d), Club member and former helicopter and VIP aircraft pilot and commanding officer |
Flying with the US Navy in Antarctica and other operations |
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2020 |
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29 October |
Ken Llewellyn, author, journalist and senior RAAF public relations officer
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Taking Battle of Britain Heroes to the UK for 50th Anniversary |
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18 September |
Air Commodore (Dr) Mark Lax AOM, CSM (Ret’d), AAC member and RAAF historian |
The History of the RAAF – 1972-1996 |
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27 February |
Lance Halvorson, AAC member and retired RAAF navigator |
The Australia Flying Corps in the Great War |
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2019 |
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31 October |
Air Vice-Marshal John McGarry, AM, CSC (Retd) |
Backing his people |
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26 September |
Merv Fowler, AAC member |
The joy in owning your own aircraft |
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29 August |
Air Commodore (Dr) Mark Lax, AAC member |
What happened to the AFC Half Flight |
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25 July |
Martin Susans – RAAF fast jet pilot, private aircraft owner and Club member |
Restoration of a Ryan STM |
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27 June |
Nick Coulson – Retired RAAF and CASA test pilot |
Flight test of the Southern Cross replica |
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30 May |
Terry Wilson – RAAF fighter and helicopter pilot |
Helicopter operations in the Sinai |
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18 April |
Bob Richardson – AAC member and retired RAAF fighter and test pilot |
Selecting the RAAF fighter replacement for the Mirage |
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28 March |
Ian Pearson – AAC member |
The loss of P-3B Orion A9-296 |
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28 February |
Mick Haxell, DFC – Air Force pilot |
9 Squadron helicopter operations in Vietnam |
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2018 |
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25 October |
Doug Hurst – AAC member |
The Domino Theory |
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27 September |
Dave Rogers and Lance Halvorson – AAC members and F-4 and F-111 pilot and navigator respectively |
Ferry of F-4 and F-111 to Australia |
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30 August |
Martin Aubury |
Nevil Shute – Author and Pilot |
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26 July |
Martin James – RAAF Historian |
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea |
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19 June |
Aircraft navigation: past, present, and near future |
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31 May |
Sanu Kainikara – RAAF Air Power Strategist |
Flying the MiG-21, -23, -25, -27 and -29 |
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26 April |
Bob Richardson – AAC member and retired RAAF fighter and test pilot |
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29 March |
Howard Brady |
Drilling in the Antarctic: the pioneers |
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22 February |
Peter Rusbridge |
Measure of real defence capability |
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2017 |
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26 October |
Doug Hurst – AAC member |
The Far East Air Force |
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28 September |
Marjorie Pagani – CEO Angel Flight |
Angel Flight operations in Australia |
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31 August |
Bill Owen – experienced RN and RAN submarine commander |
Submarines since 1967 – what about the future? |
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27 July |
George Penfound – electrical engineer and Club member |
Vickers and the TSR2 |
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29 June |
Mike Gahan – aviation adviser |
Aviation infrastructure in third world states |
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25 May |
Martin Aubury, RAeS – Retired airworthiness engineer involved in development of the Boeing 747 |
Boeing’s incredible 747 |
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27 April |
Dr John Dawson – Head of the Positioning Section at Geoscience Australia |
A trial satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) for Australia |
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30 March |
Neville Blyth – Manager Major Projects ATSB |
A quick look inside the Australian Transport Safety Bureau – Australia’s independent transport safety investigator |
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23 February |
Huey Support in Vietnam |
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2016 |
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27 October |
Peter Foley – ATSB Program Director, Operational Search for MH 370 |
The search for MH370 |
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29 September |
AVM John Paule, AO, DSO, AFC – AAC member and retired RAAF pilot |
My Vietnam experiences |
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25 August |
David Edmunds – aviation author and advocate |
Oshkosh 2016 and Canberra’s second airport saga |
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28 July |
Owen Zupp – AAC member |
Phil Zupp – a life in the sky |
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30 June |
AIRCDRE Alan Clements, CSC – Commandant ADFA and F8 Meteor pilot |
Flying the Gloster F8 Meteor |
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26 May |
Doug Hurst – AAC Member |
Transport Support Flight Butterworth & the Cold War |
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28 April |
Commodore Drew McKinnie, RANR – Chair GFA Ops Panel |
The sport of gliding |
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31 March |
Commodore Vince di Pietro, CSC, RANR – immediate past Commander RAN Fleet Air Arm |
39 years of naval aviation |
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25 February |
Steve Tizzard – aviation consultant and investigator |
Political and financial impediments to flight safety |
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2015 |
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29 October |
Ian Pearson & Doug Hurst – AAC members |
Cold War Maritime air operations |
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24 September |
Anita Taylor – CASA Board Member |
Future of recreational aviation in Australia |
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27 August |
Peter Rusbridge – AAC member |
Aircrew training reform – a serious business |
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30 July |
SQNLDR David Hood, C-27J Certification Manager |
C-27J Spartan: certification and capabilities |
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25 June |
Ben Matthes – AAC member |
Reasons to travel – Birdsville and beyond |
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28 May |
Merv Fowler – AAC member |
Extreme aircraft instrumentation – my amazing journey |
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30 April |
RADM Raydon Gates AO, CSM (Retd) – CEO LM Aust & NZ |
An aerospace update from Lockheed Martin |
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26 March |
Ian Honnery – CEO Aerospace Maritime and Defence Foundation of Australia |
Aerospace and defence exposition |
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26 February |
MAJGEN Jim Molan AO, DSC (Retd) – Operations Commander NATO forces Iraq |
Middle East operations |
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2014 |
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30 October |
Jeff Boyd – CASA Deputy Chair |
An update on CASA activities |
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25 September |
Philip Kinnane – AAC member and retired RAAF navigator |
Development of the RAAF’s air refuelling capability |
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28 August |
Ian Pearson – AAC member |
Southern Ocean rescues |
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31 July |
Philip Clay- Former representative of Fokker Aircraft in South Pacific |
Much more than [Fokker] Friendship |
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26 June |
Mark Boast – ex RAN, RN pilot and test pilot |
My career in military aviation |
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29 May |
Bill Owens – AAC member |
By submarine under the Arctic ice 1965 |
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24 April |
Lorraine Litster – AAC member |
My doubtful career in aviation |
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27 March |
Ron Gretton (Retired RAAF engineer) and Mark Skidmore (retired RAAF pilot) – RAAF Museum |
The Bristol Boxkite replica story |
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27 February |
Norman Lee – Committee Member |
Some lesser moments in aviation |
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2013 |
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31 October |
Ms Margaret Staib (AVM Retd) |
CEO Airservices Australia |
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26 September |
Terry Roach – Submarine Institute of Australia |
Why submarines for Australia |
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29 August |
David Edmunds – aviation author and advocate |
Recreational airfield for Canberra |
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25 July |
Dr Robert Lee – former BASI Director |
Human Factors in Safety |
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27 June |
Laurie Wilson – President National Press Club |
Personal perceptions of a political journalist |
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30 May |
Ron Doggett – AAC member |
Charles Karman – engineer, inventor, businessman, musician, philanthropist |
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18 April |
John White – former AWM aircraft curator |
AWM rocket collection |
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28 March |
Margaret Hadfield-Zorgdrager (artist) & Dr Kathryn Spurling (author) – Hadfield Gallery |
“A grave too far away” – A tribute to Australians in RAF Bomber Command |
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28 February |
Gary Waters – Kokoda Foundation |
Modern cyber warfare – offence and defence |
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2012 |
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25 October |
ACM Angus Houston (Rtd) – Chair Airservices Australia |
A personal perspective |
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27 September |
Bob Howe – AAC member and retired RAAF navigator |
2 SQN riverine operations in Vietnam |
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30 August |
John McCormick -– Director Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
CASA today, the director’s view |
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26 July |
John Wood – AAC member |
Affordable safety, Class G Airspace trial and other matters |
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28 June |
John McCaffrey – AAC member |
A virtual tour of the AWM |
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31 May |
Graham Dyke – AAC member |
No1 Squadron and the Malayan Emergency |
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26 April |
LEUT James Hawley RAN – Naval Aviation Warfare Instructor |
Modern naval combat helicopter operations |
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29 March |
Rod Bencke – AAC member |
V Bombers development and personal flying experiences |
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23 February |
Peter Reddel – AAC member |
Current Civil Transport Aircraft Development |
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2011 |
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27 October |
Michael Cleaver – AAC member |
Oshkosh – an adventure |
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22 September |
Prof Brian O’Keeffe – AAC member |
Future Navigation System – history and way forward |
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25 August |
AVM Kym “Koz” Osley – New Air Combat Capability |
Joint Strike Fighter |
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28 July |
Dr Miriam Baltuck – Canberra Deep Space Comms Complex and NASA Ops. |
Apollo XI moon landing on 21 July 1969 theme |
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30 June |
Ian Mallett – AAC member |
GPS, performance-based navigation |
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26 May |
AIRMSHL Mark Binskin – Chief of Air Force |
RAAF view to the future |
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28 April |
Laddie Hindley – AAC member and retired RAAF and commercial pilot |
Helicopter operations in Australia and PNG |
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31 March |
Jim Cullens – AAC member and retired Army pilot |
Glider operations WWII |
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23 February |
John Daly – AAC member |
Personal aviation experiences |
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2010 |
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30 September |
Graham Neil – AAC member |
FAC in Vietnam |
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26 August |
Norman Lee – Retired RAN pilot and AAC Committee Member |
Reflections on early RAN helicopter ops |
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29 July |
Stephen Byron |
Canberra Airport |
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24 June |
Owen Zupp |
“there and back” |
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27 May |
Jeff Boyd – Brindabella Airlines |
Brindabella airlines and the changing operating environment for GA |
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29 April |
Mike Watson – ATSB |
Low flying accidents |
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25 March |
Phil Byrne – Retired RAAF maritime navigator |
P3 v submarine |
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25 February |
John White – Aircraft Curator, AWM |
Aircraft restoration projects |
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2009 |
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29 October |
Phil Byrne |
P3 v submarine |
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24 September |
Graham Moss |
Building airports in the South Pacific |
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27 August |
Bob Howe – Retired RAAF navigator / weapons officer |
The PGM revolution for Australia: air weapons projects – 1970s |
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30 July |
Rhonda Parnell |
A life with aviation |
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25 June |
John Quaife |
Experiences as a fighter pilot & my experience as director of the Combined Air Operations Centre in the Middle East |
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28 May |
Stewart Back |
Jindalee |
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30 April |
Andrew McLaughlin |
The future |
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26 March |
Neil Campbell – ATSB senior transport safety investigator |
TWA 800 Accident 17 July 1996 – Australian participation in the investigation |
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26 February |
Ron Green – Ex-Club president and retired RAAF test pilot |
Vintage aircraft – a few handling and performance aspects |
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2008 |
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30 October |
Owen Zupp |
SQNLDR McGlashan – Dunkirk to D-Day |
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25 September |
John White – Australian War Memorial |
Australians in Bomber Command in WW2 |
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28 August |
AVM Jim Flemming, AO (Retd) – Retired Air Force pilot and Director of the AWM |
Inflight refuelling |
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31 July |
Harry Julian |
“How does it feel?” |
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26 June |
John White |
WWI aircraft restoration project |
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29 May |
Kenny Love – Chief Executive, Temora Aviation Museum |
Temora Aviation Museum |
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24 April |
Norman Lee, Club member and retired RAN pilot |
Training fighter pilots Lossiemouth 1960s |
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27 March |
Col Joe Rears |
Defence Aviation Training & Rotary Wind Developments |
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28 February |
AIRCDRE Jack Plenty – Commander Airlift Group |
Air mobility operations |
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2007 |
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25 October |
Merv Fowler – Club member and former National Towers Manager for Airservices Australia |
James Reason accident investigation model |
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27 September |
Craig Saddler |
Boeing Australia |
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30 August |
John White |
Restoring G for George and other aircraft at the AWM |
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26 July |
Greg Madden – ATSB |
ATSB Lockhart River crash |
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28 June |
Dr Bill Ely – GNSS Certification & Test manager, Airservices Australia |
Evolution in navigation technology – from radio compass to GPS |
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31 May |
AIRCDRE Graham Dyke, DFC (Retd) – retired RAAF pilot and Club member |
RAAF Antarctic flight 1959-60 |
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26 April |
Kristen Alexander |
Jack Davenport |
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29 March |
AVM Dave Rogers, AO – retired RAAF pilot and Club member |
Operating the F-111 |
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22 February |
Kristen Anderson – author of ‘Clive Caldwell – Air Ace’ |
The day the planes ‘all fell into the sea’ |
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2006 |
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26 October |
Gordon Taylor – military and civilian pilot |
My ‘claytons’ war record and civilian flying career |
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28 September |
Mike Watson – Accident investigator |
The ATSB’s mandate to make transport safer |
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31 August |
Dick Cresswell – Club member and WWII & Korean War fighter pilot |
My military and civilian flying career |
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27 July |
Norman Lee, Retired RAN pilot and Club member |
RAN carrier ops in Korean war, with some lighter moments |
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29 June |
Merv Fowler – Club member and recently retired National Towers Manager for Airservices Australia |
Runway Safety worldwide and in Australia |
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25 May |
Ben Rayner – Director of projects, Canberra International Airport |
Canberra Airport – past, present and future |
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27 April |
Captain Ian Kerr – adviser to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
The development of wings in ground effect vehicles (WIGs) |
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30 March |
Merv Fowler |
Runway safety |
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23 February |
Rod Luke |
RAAF flying training |
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2005 |
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20 October |
Mike Smith |
New airspace regulations |
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29 September |
Terry Wesley-Smith |
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28 July |
Neal Newman |
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30 June |
GPCAPT David Wilcox |
Wedgetail AEW&C |
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26 May |
Neil Campbell |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
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28 April |
AIRCDRE John Harvey |
F-35 – the Joint Strike Fighter |
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2004 |
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28 October |
Air Marshal Angus Houston, AM, AFC – Chief of Air Force |
The RAAF today and the way forward |
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30 September |
Commodore Geoff Ledger |
RAN Aviation today |
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26 August |
Mitchell Annex, AWM |
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29 July |
Dr Richard Agnew |
High altitude soaring |
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24 June |
Mark Bathie |
Gippsland Aviation GA 8 |
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27 May |
Miriam Baltuck – NASA |
Space shuttle radar topography mapping |
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29 April |
Neil Newman |
NASA space shuttle – the way ahead |
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25 March |
Arthur Heather – former RAAF navigator and RAN observer |
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
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26 February |
Ron Green – retired RAAF test pilot |
Experiences at Edwards Air Force Base, 1966/67 |
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2003 |
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25 September |
Robbie Graham |
Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
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26 June |
Mike Smith |
The development of the National Airspace System |
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24 April |
– ADSB Project Manager, AirServices Australia |
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast |
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27 March |
GPCAPT Keith McPherson (Ret’d) – retired RAAF navigator |
Satellite navigation |
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2002 |
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26 September |
Dr John Cashen – DSTO (and late of Northrop) |
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29 August |
Air Marshal Angus Houston, AO, AFC, Chief of Air Force |
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31 July |
Colin Torkington – former Air Navigation Commissioner with ICAO |
A lifetime of change in aviation |
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25 July |
Col Opel |
Military application of space |
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27 June |
Liz Apps |
Disabled pilots training |
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30 May |
Dick Smith |
Aviation Reform 2002 |
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2 May |
Harry Julian – Club member |
The Wright Brothers engine |
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28 March |
Kenny Love – Temora Aviation Museum |
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28 February |
Ron Green |
The genesis of automatic relights |
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2001 |
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25 October |
CDRE Norman Lee, RAN (Ret’d) – Club member and retired RAN pilot |
Straight deck landings |
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30 August |
Charlie Walford – General Manager (Marketing) Boeing Australia |
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26 July |
Sarah Bugg – BAeS (Tidbinbilla) |
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28 June |
Don Kendell – Founder, Kendell Airlines |
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31 May |
Ken Poulsen – Director, ACT Health Services |
Southcare |
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26 April |
Jim Thorn – Australian Aviation |
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29 March |
John Wallington – Balloon Aloft |
Against the wind by balloon |
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22 February |
Mick Toller – Director of Aviation Safety, CASA |
CASA: Scandalously competent? |
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2000 |
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28 September |
Clem Davis – Bureau of Meteorology |
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31 August |
Richard Dudley – Managing Editor, Air Services Bulletin |
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27 July |
Air Commodore James Coward, AFC (Ret’d) – Battle of Britain pilot |
Experiences during the Battle of Britain, and as Churchill’s ADC |
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25 May |
Ron Mauer – Chief Pilot, Southcare |
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30 March |
Richard Yeates – CASA |
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24 February |
Terry Wesley-Smith |
The story of Pilatus aircraft |
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1999 |
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28 October |
Dr Miriam Baltuck – NASA senior representative for Australia & Southeast Asia |
Australia’s Role in NASA’s future |
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30 September |
Dale Budd |
The Very Fast Train project |
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26 August |
Buck Brooksbank – Director Development and Operational Support, International Airline Crewing |
Designing non-precision approaches using satellite technology |
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29 July |
Bob Piper – Aviation Historian |
Aviation History in the Canberra Region |
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24 June |
Dan Kennedy – Past President, Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia |
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27 May |
Ros Dubs, Director Operations Group, AirServices Australia |
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29 April |
Dr Rob Lee – Director, Bureau of Air Safety Investigation |
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25 March |
Mick Toller – Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Authority |
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25 February |
Genine Wallinga – Manager, Canberra & SE Regional Airports, Ansett Australia |
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1998 |
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5 November |
Paul Middleton – Operations Manager, Australian Ultralight Association |
Ultralight aircraft in Australia |
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24 September |
Joe Hattley – BASI, Accident Investigation Branch |
The TWA 800 accident |
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27 August |
Dr Paul Scully-Power – Astronaut and CASA Board Member |
Aviation – from the seaplane to the Shuttle |
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30 July |
Dr Amanda Dines – RAAF doctor |
Operation BLAZER – medical support to UN operations in Iraq |
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25 June |
Laddie Hindley – retired RAAF and civilian pilot |
Police helicopter operations – New Guinea style |
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30 April |
Mike Lehan – Director, Australian Naval Aviation Museum Nowra |
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26 March |
John Staal – Rockwell Australia |
Air navigation changing technology |
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26 February |
Terry Snow – leader of a group of Canberra businessmen bidding for Canberra Airport |
Capital Airport Group – Vision for Canberra Airport |
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1997 |
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14 November |
Bill Pollard – AirServices |
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24 October |
Trevor Kaine – former Chief Minister of the ACT |
Canberra International Airport – the future has landed |
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28 August |
Mal Grosse – British Aerospace, Project Manager for the Eurofighter |
The Hawk and introducing the Eurofighter |
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31 July |
Andrew Mason – marketing Director, Forbes Mason and Brennan |
The effect of a very fast train on Canberra’s transportation links |
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26 June |
Howard Knox – Federal Airports Corporation, Manager of Bankstown, Camden and Hoxton Park Airports |
Bankstown Airport and the Bankstown Aviation Museum |
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29 May |
Gary Ticehurst – President, Helicopter Association of Australia |
Helicopters – now and the future |
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24 April |
Air Marshal David Evans, AC, DSO, AFC (Ret’d) – former Chief of Air Staff and RAAF pilot |
The Berlin Airlift |
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27 March |
Adrian Dumsa – Airspace and Air Routes Manager, Operations Policy Branch, AirServices Australia |
Airspace 2000 |
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27 February |
John Wallington – Balloon Aloft |
Round the world by balloon |
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1996 |
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31 October |
Buck Brooksbank |
The importance of compromise |
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26 September |
Max Hazelton, Deputy Chairman, Hazelton Airlines |
Hazelton Airlines – 43 years in aviation |
|
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29 August |
Bill Pollard – CEO Air Services Australia |
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25 July |
Air Marshal Les Fisher, AO – Chief of the Air Staff |
The RAAF – today and tomorrow |
|
|
27 June |
Gary Humphries, MLA |
Future aviation facilities for Canberra |
|
|
30 May |
Ian Mallett – Flying Operations Inspector of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Manager (Operations) of the Satellite Navigation project office |
GPS issues – facts and fallacies |
|
|
2 May |
Les Reading – Acting Project Director, National Air & Space Museum of Australia (NASMA) |
The development and future of NASMA |
|
|
28 March |
Ian Honnery – Chief Executive, Airshows Downunder |
Airshows Downunder ’97 – promoting partnership for progress in the Asia Pacific |
|
|
29 February |
Allan Taylor |
Norfolk Island airshow |
|
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1995 |
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28 September |
Don Kendell – founder Kendell Airlines |
Kendell Airlines |
|
|
31 August |
Harry Walton – Technical manager, Australian Ultralight Federation |
Ultralight aircraft operations in Australia and the benefits of self-administration |
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25 May |
Don Gray – former Director National Mapping and former Director Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla Space Tracking Stations |
The future of space flight |
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30 March |
Mel Dunn |
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1994 |
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27 October |
Peter Hillas – (Ansett) State Manager for Victoria |
Ansett Australia – Australia’s newest international airline |
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29 September |
General Peter Gration AC, OBE (Ret’d) – Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority Australia |
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25 August |
John White – Curator of Aircraft, Australian War Memorial |
Escorted visit to The Treloar Centre |
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30 June |
Ian Badham – Executive Director, Careflight |
Careflight |
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26 May |
Storry Walton – National Public Affairs manager, The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia |
The development of The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia |
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28 April |
John White – Curator of Aircraft, Australian War Memorial |
The past, present and future plans of the Memorial’s collection of aircraft |
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31 March |
Peter Patroni, AM – President, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |
General aviation aircraft and airspace management |
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24 February |
John Wallington – Balloon Aloft Pty Ltd |
The first successful trans-Australia balloon flight |
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1993 |
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28 October |
Doug Roser – Chief Executive, Civil Aviation Authority |
Civil aviation update |
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30 September |
Keith Engelsman – former Navy pilot, ETPS graduate and current test pilot with the Civil Aviation Authority |
The certification of locally designed and manufactured light and ultralight aircraft |
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1 April |
Air Commodore James Coward, AFC (Ret’d) – Battle of Britain veteran |
Reminiscing on RAF service |
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1992 |
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29 October |
Ted Ankarum – NASA, Senior Representative (Australia) |
NASA Aeronautics |
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24 September |
John Cureton – Canberra Manager, Qantas |
Qantas, Australian and the way ahead |
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25 June |
Ken Helm – Helm Wines |
Cool climate wines |
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31 October |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara – former Air Force pilot and Chief of the Defence Force Staff |
Reminiscing |
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26 September |
Gordon Jones – GIO Insurance |
The current aviation insurance industry |
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29 August |
Harry Bradford – General Manager, Hawker de Havilland Australian Aviation College (Parafield, South Australia) and former Air Force bomber and test pilot |
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25 July |
Ron Cooper – CAA General Manager, Safety Regulations and Standards |
Future directions in safety regulations |
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30 May |
Peter Smith – Commercial Director, Hawker deHavilland |
The present state of the Australian aerospace industry |
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25 April |
Terry Wesley-Smith |
Helicopters in PNG |
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28 March |
Brian O’Keefe – CAA General Manager, Research & Development, and ICAO |
Future air navigation system (FANS) |
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28 February |
Stewart Wilson – aviation author |
Producing aviation books in Australia |
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1990 |
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25 October |
Captain Alan Terrell |
70 years of Qantas |
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27 September |
Air Vice-Marshal Desmond Hall |
The Battle of Britain |
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30August |
Jerry O’Day |
Deregulation |
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26 July |
Air Marshal David Evans, AC, AFC (Ret’d) – former Chief of the Air Staff |
Reminiscences |
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28 June |
Brigadier General Yehuda Bar |
Entebbe |
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The Australian Aviation Club 