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Outlook AHSA Newsletter May 2024

Southern Cross replica in flight

Outlook AHSA Newsletter February 2024

Melbourne Meeting: 28 February 2024, Ashley Briggs OAM

AHSA Meetings

Melbourne Meeting: 28 February 2024, Ashley Briggs OAM

DerekB10/12/202309/03/2024

The Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 28 February 2024 of the AHSA Inc. was held at...

Delicious food cooking on the barbecue at the 2022 AHSA end of year gathering

AHSA Melbourne Meeting December 2023: Annual Barbeque

10/12/202311/12/2023

AHSA Melbourne Meeting July 2023 (Andrew Jackling: Space Weather Forecasting)

26/07/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting June 2023 (Mark Lax: Tips and Tricks For Researching Our Air Force’s Stories)

28/06/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting May 2023 (Andy Hansen: A Short History of Aerial Photography)

24/05/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting April 2023 (Martin James: Battle of the Bismarck Sea)

26/04/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting March 2023 (Annie Floodin: Boeing History)

22/03/202321/05/2024

AHSA Journal

Aviation Heritage Vol. 54 No. 3 (September 2023) Contents Listing

DerekB30/09/202319/11/2023

The latest quarterly AHSA journal – Aviation Heritage – has recently been posted to members....

Aviation Heritage Vol. 54 No. 2 (June 2023) Contents Listing

03/06/202306/06/2023

Aviation Heritage Vol. 54 No. 1 (March 2023) Contents Listing

06/03/202303/06/2023

Aviation Heritage Vol. 53 No. 4 (Dec 2022) contents listing

24/11/202212/12/2022

Aviation Heritage Vol. 53 No. 3 (September 2022) Contents Listing

30/08/202219/11/2023

Aviation Heritage Volume 53 Number 2 contents listing

22/05/202222/05/2022

Aviation Heritage Volume 53 Number 1 contents listing

01/03/202205/03/2022

AHSA Videos

AHSA Melbourne Meeting July 2023 (Andrew Jackling: Space Weather Forecasting)

DerekB26/07/202321/05/2024

Our guest speaker at the 26 July 2023 AHSA Meeting in Melbourne was Andrew Jackling,...

AHSA Melbourne Meeting June 2023 (Mark Lax: Tips and Tricks For Researching Our Air Force’s Stories)

28/06/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting May 2023 (Andy Hansen: A Short History of Aerial Photography)

24/05/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting April 2023 (Martin James: Battle of the Bismarck Sea)

26/04/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting March 2023 (Annie Floodin: Boeing History)

22/03/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting February 2023 (Jeff Maynard: The Lost Records of Sir Hubert Wilkins)

22/02/202321/05/2024

AHSA Melbourne Meeting October 2022 (Peter Hobbins: The RAAF’s early embrace of flight simulation)

26/10/202228/11/2022

Aviation history books

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DerekB29/10/202219/11/2023

This short book was first published by the AHSA as a supplement to Aviation Heritage...

The Aircraft Projects of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation

27/04/202204/06/2023

Australian-built Aircraft and the Industry (Vol 2) by Keith Meggs

29/09/202027/12/2022

Cover - CAC Ceres by Derek Buckmaster

CAC Ceres – Australia’s Heavyweight Cropduster by Derek Buckmaster

08/06/202027/12/2022

Cover - Finished With Engines by Colin Lock

Finished with Engines by Colin Lock

18/06/201517/04/2021

Book cover - Australian Eagles by Kristen Alexander

Australian Eagles by Kristen Alexander

18/06/201522/04/2021

Bindaloo Air by Brian George

10/12/201422/04/2021

Newsletter

Outlook AHSA Newsletter May 2024

DerekB14/05/202421/05/2024

The May 2024 edition of Outlook / AHSA News was distributed to members recently. This...

Southern Cross replica in flight

Outlook AHSA Newsletter February 2024

20/02/202411/03/2024

Outlook / AHSA News cover splash Nov 2023

Outlook AHSA Newsletter November 2023

30/11/202327/12/2023

Outlook AHSA Newsletter August 2023

20/08/202311/03/2024

Outlook AHSA Newsletter April 2023

27/04/202327/04/2023

Outlook AHSA Newsletter February 2023

20/02/202306/03/2023

October 2022 Outlook Newsletter

27/10/202222/11/2022

Welcome to the website of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia Inc.
The AHSA is dedicated to recording and promoting Australian aviation history. We find and tell the stories of how aviation (both civil and military) has contributed to the development of Australia and the experiences of Australian people.
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On this day in Australian aviation history:

1942 No. 467 Squadron RAAF was formed at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, in the United Kingdom, under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) on 7 November 1942 and was equipped with Avro Lancaster heavy bombers. Under the terms of the EATS, the squadron was nominally a Royal Australian Air Force unit, but it was manned by a mixture of Commonwealth personnel, the majority being British originally, although as the war progressed more Australians were posted in. Soon after becoming operational the squadron moved to RAF Bottesford, Leicestershire; it remained for a year before moving back to Lincolnshire, at RAF Waddington. Source: RAAF Historical Section (1995). Units of the Royal Australian Air Force: A Concise History Volume 3: Bomber Units. Canberra: Australian Capital Territory: AGPS Press. ISBN 9780644427968

2008 Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain Panther VH-OPC crashed 3 km North of Bathurst airport, NSW on 7 November 2008. The aircraft was being operated on a private flight under instrument flight rules from Moorabbin Airport, Vic. to Port Macquarie via Bathurst, NSW. On board the aircraft were the owner-pilot and three passengers. The flight from Moorabbin to Bathurst was conducted in accordance with the pilot's flight plan and a review of recorded air traffic control data and communications did not reveal any problems during that flight. After refuelling at Bathurst Airport, the pilot departed from runway 35 for Port Macquarie in dark-night conditions with light rain in the area. At about 20:24, some 2½ minutes after reporting airborne, residents of Forest Grove to the north of Bathurst Airport, heard a sudden loud noise from an aircraft at low altitude. Shortly after, there was the sound of an explosion and the glow of a fire. The aircraft was found to have impacted terrain resulting in serious damage to the aircraft. The four occupants were fatally injured. The aircraft had impacted the ground upright, slightly right wing low, at a descent angle greater than 20°. The wreckage trail, oriented on a ground track of 165° M, extended for about 300 m. Almost all of the major aircraft parts were seriously impact and fire damaged. The propellers indicated high rotational energy. The landing gear and wing flaps were retracted. Due to fire and impact damage, and limited information about the sequence of events after takeoff, the evidence available to the investigation was limited. There were no indicators of aircraft malfunction or pilot impairment prior to the accident. After extensive examination, the investigation found there was no evidence of any aircraft unserviceability and that airworthiness was not likely to have been a contributing factor in the accident. The investigation was unable to establish why the aircraft collided with terrain; however, pilot spatial disorientation or pilot incapacitation could not be discounted. Sources: ATSB investigation report ao-2008-076; aviation-safety.net website

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