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F-111 ejection - Ohakea, NZ
This is a 12 minute excerpt of a conversation with Mark Kelly, retired RAAF F-111 pilot, describing the experience he and his navigator, Al Curr had being forced to eject from their General Dynamics…
Afterburn 03
In this Mach One Afterburn, you'll hear a snippet of my conversation from April 2022 with Air Traffic Controller Naomi MacQueen, recorded airside at Sunshine Coast Airport YBSU. Hosted on Acast. See…
S4E10 Ep.58: Relentless Skies - the Most Efficient Airman
QAM Curator of the Don Bennett Archive, Ian Campbell and Garry Hills discuss Don Bennett's pivotal role in establishing the Atlantic Ferry (later RAF Ferry Command) during World War 2 as a glimpse…
Afterburn 02
An excerpt from episode 15 (May 2022) describing the beginnings of the Queensland Air Museum from when the idea was conceived in the early 1970's through to the relocation to Caloundra in 1986.…
S4E9 Ep.57: Jindivik - 'The Hunted One'
QAM volunteer Assistant Conservation and Restoration Manager and Past President describes his experiences as an RAAF instrument fitter working on the WRE unmanned target jet aircraft, the GAF…
Afterburn 01
In this Mach One Afterburn, retired RAAF Wing Commander Phil Andrews describes an incident while on exercise over the Pacific involving an RAAF Lockheed Neptune and a Japanese submarine. You can hear…
S4E8 Ep. 56: Buried Treasure
Mt. Gambier Aviation Museum Chair, Chris Holden introduces us to the new venture and talks about the buried treasure at Mt. Gambier aerodrome, the home of No.2 Air Observers School, RAAF Mount…
S4E7 Ep. 55: 'Free from the Bonds of the Earth' - the Australian Air League
The Australian Air League (AAL) was formed 90 years ago in 1934. What is the Air League doing today? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S4E6 Ep. 54: Barry 'Baz' Collins
From Air Force navigator and pilot to commercial captain and now glider pilot and instructor, Baz is now a volunteer QAM tour guide SimGuide in the QAM B737-800 cockpit simulator. Hosted on Acast.…
S4E5 Ep. 53: "Spinning inverted - we are ejecting"
In this very special episode, we hear the story, in his own words, of RAF fighter reconnaissance pilot and instructor, W. G. Netherton and his trainee pilot Paul Fisher, who were forced to elect from…
S4E4 Ep. 52: Matt Denning's Boomerangs pt.2.
Matt Denning continues his workshop hangar tour and describes his Boomerang projects and what the lovingly-restored Boomerang is like to fly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
S4E3 Ep. 51: Matt Denning's Boomerangs pt.1.
Matt talks about the CAC Boomerang fighter aircraft that he has restored to the skies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S4E2 Ep. 50: Flying Under the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Frank Gyzemyter introduces us to his father, John, who was on the team that assembled the QAM DC-3 in 1937! John also accompanied our DC-3 in a stunt formation flight under the Sydney Harbour Bridge…
S4E1 Ep. 49: Solo Around Australia
In 2023, at the age of 17, Chloe Familton set out from Cessnock, NSW in an attempt to be the youngest female pilot to fly solo around Australia. It didn't all go according to plan. Listen here.…
S3E16 Ep.48: Eject!
Host Garry Hills talks with retired Qantas 747 captain and former RAAF pilot Mark Kelly about his lifelong flying career, including the day on 24 August 1979 when he and Navigator Al Curr were forced…
S3E15 Ep.47: Sink the Tirpitz! 1942
Host Garry Hills talks with QAM volunteer and author Ian Campbell about Australian aviator AVM Don Bennett's role in one of the early RAF Bomber Command raids on the German battleship Tirpitz. Hosted…
S3E14 Ep.46: Australian 'Dambuster' - Thomas 'Tammy' Simpson
On this week's 80th Anniversary of the Dambuster raid, 'Operation Chastise', host Garry Hills talks with Helen Pitt (nee Simpson), daughter of RAAF Flying Officer Tammy Simpson, DFC DFM, who flew…
S3E13 Ep.45: The Empire Flying Boats Pt. 2.
Host Garry Hills talks with Paul Sheehan who has just completed the first definitive history of the Short Empire Flying Boats of the 1930's and '40's. In this second of two episodes, Paul details the…
S3E12 Ep.44: The Empire Flying Boats Pt. 1
Host Garry Hills talks with Paul Sheehan who has just completed the first definitive history of the Short Empire Flying Boats of the 1930's and '40's. In this first of two episodes, Paul describes…
S3E11 Ep.43: RFDS Simulator
Host Garry Hills chats with two RFDS workers about their RFDS King Air B200 simulator and the work of RFDS at the Women in Aviation Open Day April 15th 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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