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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 to eject from their F-111C A8-137 (No. 1 sqn) at RNZAF Ohakea, New Zealand.
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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.
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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 with RAF Bomber Command as a Tail Gunner on Australian pilot, Air Marshal Mick Martin's P-Popsie.
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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 story of the 6 Qantas Empire Flying Boats and what became of them.
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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 the design and performance of the Empire Boats, laying the groundwork for the next episode describing the story of the 6 Qantas Empire Flying Boats.
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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.
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Retired United Airlines 727, 737, 757 and 767 Captain, Kay Clark talks with host Garry Hills about the journey from Coffs Harbour to commercial piloting and eventually United Airlines.
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QAM volunteer, Garry Scott talks to host Garry Hills about his full-scale representation of the nose section of an SR-71 Blackbird that currently resides in his workshop.
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Restoration volunteers Andrew Johns and Steve Sherratt talk to Garry Hills about the ongoing work being done on the QAM's Spitfire Mk 1 Representation and the Douglas DC3.
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QAM volunteer Arthur Hall talks to podcast host Garry Hills about his almost 40 years of experience in customer service in Australian airlines, notably Ansett ANA, describing the huge changes in commercial air travel he experienced during that time.
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Host Garry Hills talks with QAM volunteer Tony Johnstone about his 23,730 hours as a pilot in the RAAF and as a commercial pilot.
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Tasmanian Aviation Historical Society President, Andrew Johnson talks to Garry Hills about his grandfather Laurie Johnson who teamed up with the Holyman family in 1932, then went on to establish Australian National Airways (ANA). A Tasmanian perspective on Australian aviation.
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Eric Cooper and Ross Warne talk to host Garry Hills about their experiences as pilots with BPA - Bush Pilots' Airways.
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QAM Restorations and Conservation Manager, Rick Wilkins describes his obsession with locating aircraft wrecks from the recent past and from World War 2.
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RAAF AEO SQNLDR. Gordon Johnstone (rtd.) recalls the day in April 1968 when he was onboard the almost brand new aircraft, preparing it for delivery to the RAAF, which crashed and burned on landing at Moffett Naval Air Station, California.
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Qld Air Museum member Gary Scott talks about the CAC Mustang representation he built and donated to the museum.
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RAAF Pilot, Air Vice-Marshal (ret) David Rogers and Navigator, Air Commodore (ret) Peter Growder talk about the day they were forced to eject from their stricken F-111.
USAF F-111 Crew Module Escape System film (1968)
https://youtu.be/F7O5lL8gPw0
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Centenarian Merv Draffin (RAAF Pilot) chats with RAAF AVM (ret) David Dunlop and Mach One host Garry Hills about flying the Vickers Wellington and the C47 Dakota with No. 99 Squadron RAF during World War Two.
This is an excerpt from Merv's Oral History interview.
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In this second of two episodes featuring the GAF Canberra, RAAF Air Commodore (ret.,) and QAM Volunteer Peter Growder and Warrant Officer (ret.,) Steel Rudd talk about their experience with Australia's Canberra bombers, focussing on their service in the Vietnam War in 1968 and 1969. In the previous episode they began their stories.
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Two of the Queensland Air Museum volunteer guides who are helicopter pilots share some brief insights into their flying careers and the helicopters that will be open for display at the QAM Helicopters Open Day on January 21st, 2023.
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