AHSA Monthly Meeting 16 Sep 2020 (Derek Buckmaster: The Wirraway “Newspaper War”)

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Derek Buckmaster gave a presentation on The Wirraway “Newspaper War”.

The AHSA September monthly meeting was held online via Zoom. A recording of the meeting is included below (click the image below to view the video):

1953 The first Auster J5-G Autocar was delivered to RAN Naval Air Station Nowra on 7 June 1953, arriving on the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney upon her return to Australia following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The RAN operated two Autocars as communications aircraft and for general transport duties between 1953 and 1963 before being taken out of service and sold. Source: navy.gov.au

2016 On 7 June 2016 at about 1000 Western Standard Time (WST), a Fokker F28 MK 0100, registered VH-NHF, departed on a charter flight from Christmas Creek to Perth, Western Australia. On board were five crew members and 28 passengers. On climb, at about FL 305, a loud ‘whooshing’ noise was heard by the flight crew on the flight deck and the three cabin crew members who were standing in the forward galley. The flight crew then received a ‘PACK 1’ warning in the cockpit and the associated emergency procedure displayed on the multi-function display unit (MFDU). When the captain turned off air-conditioning pack 1 in accordance with the procedure, they noticed the cabin pressurisation rate of climb increase to in excess of 2,000 ft/min. The ‘PACK 1’ warning was followed by an ‘auto-throttle 1’ warning and then an ‘excessive cabin altitude’ warning. The flight crew conducted an emergency descent to 10,000 ft. The flight crew diverted the aircraft to Newman and landed there safely at about 1100. Source: ATSB