REGISTERED ev AUSTR·ALIA POST · PUBLICATION No IIAS2604

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VOL 1. No 4 OCTOBER 1990

FLE.ET AIR ARM ASSOCIATION of AUSTRALIA

(NEW SOUTH WALES) INC.

OF AUSTRALIA

New South Wales

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FAIR EY FIREF LY

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-· around home t jhat part icul ar ·dey • . twiddling their thumbs. '' I.believe there . ; !

· is going ~o be atio_ther open ·o~y f.11 · ' · · . ' . December . HOW AflOUT SOr:\E. HE.l.:P NEXT

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AU$TRALIA N.S.W. tnc · . . OFFICE BEARERS 19.90/199 ,1 PRESIDENT: BOB CRONIN 044214134 VICE PRES-ADMIN: FRANK BIRT.LES .. 0442 1 4723. .

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o'n to ~ bri g~,ter note :·tr~e ~open day .~ · : . was ,quite succe ,ssful, f'!'lO~e a~out that

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VICE PRES-PR : TONY PENNO 044210621 SECRET ARY! JIM LEE 044217579

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TREASURE~:- RAY LARSON 044214550

Dur j.ng July ·we had two of our memberp travell inter~tate, one tci OLD ~

SOCIAL SEC: LES MATTERSON ' 044217945 ., WELFARE.OFF: !'VAN GRAV. , SOCIAL PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE: JOE QUNNER: IAN FERGUSON: JULES DUCRET:

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· and · the other to S.A .. Both visited , museums in the respective states, ,more on that later . .. '

Thanks very much to those ·members who eontributed to the last Newsletter . It does m6ke m~ joo a 10:t easier when I get those contribut i ons.

Answer to. th.e quest1on askeo abot.. · the photo on pag~ ten of the last issue .

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NEWS LETTER EDITOR:· ·TONV PENNO PO BOX 442 NOWRA ·NSW 2541

The photo ·was taken · on passfl_ge through .. ··· · the Great Austraiian Bight on the wey · · ·' to Perth. -·

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. The ,9th er question asked on· poge ·2 as ' EDITORS NOTE '

Here we go· W·i th No 4, how time flies whel'} ~o.u

t~o who Leading Seame,n·x was, we have 1

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are having 1 fun : · .. stage Cfjn't Jirint his name. . ~ ·r ; · .

This . issu\ 1·m ,gomg to ,s1:_ijrt off '(fith ' , • We ar,e stil _l lOQking ~-or ''au\he-tlticateo ·. · ~ winge . OitL~~l~ the first the ~seum . • -sid .e. n~ur:_nber~.o(~ irefly Airc_raft, !i~f~c :~· ··.

· conductea ope11 da~ and -we were · . · 1sid.e numoers or -any ot the F.lee.t Air asked to pri.'.'i.1,i-de ~ome vol\unteers ·ror ~ ( . · Arm·. ~ircraft e~c,e~if th~ rtr.ackers ,and\~ .. the steak af,)1d sa~sdge slln .dwich stall ot Skyhowks . . : ' ,. • .~ f, ,··

the mus,eum: . as wen · as· the-hot dog ; We f;lre also ·still looking for , stand down at ·o· hangar .. The ,event was ·, information on· the Tracker~. As ·

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publicized on T .V.' as well .as in the local published in the lest Newsletter, we . pepers . Dur s ·ecretary also submitted ~need info on t~e1Brotlmie .ah'd·Dar~in er~f an arti e.l e in the 1 oc al papers asking .for for i ns.tance how 1'9i,d the . Trackers . in , volunteers from the Assodation to help Darwfh end up' wlth th\ 'Mah Jong Red ·, ·.••

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o.ut PJt~Jha t day. We htld eight people Dragon emblem Of.I the tail? .. · /· i.

turn up to hl:lp, two of w~fch Were ~not .. See yoµ next issue ~· · t ·

members of the .'Associt1t ion . We -r=-r---,,.-::--~~...---.--.-~~~~-r-,.----, cBtere~ for . hundreds of people anc,( T e ·:iew, ••• op1niq,ns expr-_ess~ in belieye me, it was no fut:) standing ar-ticle:s pr-inted in t11i1:1·jeur-,aa1 •

not •cessaril, re·nect tie views alNI behind the B.B,.Q'sifor three hours ~opinions eftlle ,.sJotiatio•o.r tlle . , Without a break. S~rell:J the 're must Co•mittee of llianaCJemeat )

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'. UEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES" .. .. -Autharities announced recent ly that

.. femcle rrembers oft.he R.A.N: may be , ppsted to sea going billets .

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ladie.s to compete wHh the men for · promotion and advancement through the ranks . Thus providing for full find sati sf yi.ng cereer structures"

Is it only -ti' buz'lhat fewer fellos ore enlisting in the Modern Navy., 011d ~ven

· les~, are signing on for re-enlistment? · .. Will.tpe me.ssdecks ring with the

early morning .exhortation ."Show. a ,Leg~? , . · .·, ·. · ·· · Have we turned full cir.els? · I ,. J .L

';·1 forgo.t my wifes birthday,· said the sa11or to his mate . 'Crikey! What did she. say?'

'Nothi.ng " ............. .f or six weeks.'

AIR DAV JULY .1 St 1990 ·. July 1st started ot'f a pretty good dtry/' although e bit chilly first ·U(:)-.- Membe,rs .. '..

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arrived at the Museum at ebout .0930 t.o, . start sett i,ng up B,ffQ's etc for the s'teak: .·. and sausage stalls, ,the soft drink ·and i ••

beer tent and the hotdog sta11': · ,- . ' By 1030 we were well and tr~ly into ' ·. -

cooking with the queue somet1mes as · long es 1 OOmtrs. We sold hundreds of ' . '

' '\, steak and sousage .;,a.ndwiches ernd hotdogs, not to .mention cartons of s,qfl .. ~ ! qri nk and beer . · .. · · ,

The flying side of the day was ·very 1';: ', good particularly ttie RAAF PC9 display .,.·, ·; tti ere wes also a di splay tly the seahawks, P1tts Spe~1als and at long lest the Tracker got cirbourn ·e.

Static displays included . F 111, Mecchi ~ Seahawk, ~57-:,\8# See, King, Orion , Winjeel,Sea Venom, Gannet, ·.fl · ,

Skyhawk and numerous 1 i ght aircraft. . Up until about 15~0 things w'ere goi.r;:tg·: :·

quite smootly, then rwe were hit b'y one • _ hel I of a storm. What happ~ned outs1de · I've got no idea, es six of us were in the .·· beer . tent trying to hold it down. We · · thought we were pretty safe ~s we had .. half a dozen concrete blocks holding the ;, tent down. Wrong . We didn't even have time to skol the stubbies we we~e ' ~ -enjo~ing. A particular gust of wind · ... . · (l ater to find out the gust' was clocked · et 11 O~ph) lifted the tent with tne siK · of us-holding it, off the ground, ond thJ;m .. ~ .{'

.dumped it beck on ·top of us in a great ,, ~ heap of pol es, ropes, canvas and · concrete blocks . I might add here that · . . · ·. ·tne saying rain i ng cats and dogs is pot ·. · appropriate to the ~ucket loads of ; , • -·. water that was falling at t.hat time.

Having extracted ourselves and . cleaned up the mes( we all fled tQI tne ,. Senior Sai ,lors Mess to try and get wer.m egai n. Quite easy to do ,in there.

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I ggo YULE FEST The George Blondell Memorial Yule Fest for<this

IJCB1r ha3 come and gone and tho:se that couldn't m~ke ;t missed a great night. ·

Co!llbining fM Associati~rn. WRENS Association, Naval Association 'w'ith the Regular Defence Force ASsociation for this years function '11/0rlced 'w'ell. Thanks·to those delegates from each body 'w'ho ·co-ordi neted the function at the ,ne'w Bomederry . • Bo'w'ling Club function room. Thanks also tQ those l . • •

'w'ho decorated the, p remi:se:s with Xma, bunti og. Many thanks again to Zoe Blondell w;ho supervised the table decorations ."'.

Undou~tedl y s p'ecial thank::s mist g9 to ~ster .. of ' · Cerem~nies Neil Gage \<,/ho kept us w'ell enter~ai oed and hapdled t he gathering in a masterfull "' ~Y - · no . mean fea1\ .,,hen ycfu consider 'w'e h_ad Generals, •. · Commodores, Able Seamen, Privates and WRENS et(; all celebrating together . · ·· ~kin:Head: Kelson \.las the.lucky \<,/inner of the door pri~e and 'I-that B perforroance he put on., There fa a strong \.lord going round the troop~ that he i, no\il knovJn as UGi psy Rose Leaf" Kelson. 't

Who \o/as 1 he lady 1vho provided 1 he genuine Ar my Survival Ki1 for the raffle? Thanks to her and ell the other dooors of prizes and of course to Jack Van Dam (ex WO·RAR) 1vho once agajn provided the lemons: ..,

Major General Ci uni es Ross~ ne1,v national president of the RDfWA, gave U3 an update of activities in Canberra and Comm~re Rob Par1ington filled us in on the latest.developments at the Museum'.: Just enough to k~p us entertain\d between,coursespf the excellent Christmas Dinner before the fun an.ti games started .

A ripper mate - mark your d1"'aryforthefirst ~ "~ Saturday in July I 99 I , that it tbe sixth of J u·1 y next year . · ~ .

Have you noticed ho\.; many other. organisat ion~ and res,araunts are holding mi-d winter Christmas I

funtions . Once,agai n the ex Service people have Jed1

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RDFWA NEWS In a previous News Letter I drew yo~r attention to

t he will ingness .of the Atomic Ex Servicemans Association to handle cl&i ens relati ng to 1 ung .. problem~ associated v it h'asbestosis . If you have

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been unsuccessful with. a claim on Veterans Affairs· or Department of Defence 1n respect of this condition or you wish to iodge 8 clei m, contec't TElcRV TOON, 23 EIDSVOLD,ST., KEPElcRA ClLD 4054 phone ( 07) 3559308.

.Here'l.llith an extract from their June Publication : • • "ATOMIC fALLOUT" •· · · . . Kl·LLER ASBESTOS ON NAVAL SHIPS "•

. AnyformercrewmembersofRANshipswith '· ,. .l chest afld lung i*,roblems, W1sh1ng 1o claim '. i :-r· ~ · com pensetion from e.* poswr,e to esbes1os "11 r'" , .

reque3ted'to contact ttte As~ciation a~ soon ~s ,. po:ssitlle. · · 1 •' · ,.:

The Associ atjol\. is 1\lli ili ng to pay all_'l egal costs. except ,the S 150.0l:l fee f~r filing :the tiigh,Court Writ, with all asbestos ·{elated compensa1ion claims . Most of the claims will not tequi re the High Court Writ, 'wlhich \<,/ill onl'J be issued if ____ .i e

, is eny procrastination, such as ti me l i mitetion, • I •

etc., on lodgement of.application . , The Atomic Ex Servicemens Asso.ciation is also

particularly interested 1 n hearing from anyone 'w'tio served at Hiroshi l'Q8~ Nagasaki. ~onte Bel,] Q·, Emu ,field, Maralinga or on ariy,of the ships in support · of atomic test1ng. Simply ~rite to Terry Toon at. the above address. ' · A f • On 1he. locel scene the Shoal haveQ .& District · Cbntact Group RDfWA co?tinu; to1·be ac1ive·. .. Recently we gained compenS8tion for an ex RAN man ' who had been denied justice for.almost 30.years by Repatriation .and Veteran Affairs Departments. Whilst our succe,, didn'r come e83y end didn't ma~e

. the last 30 years any easier for our member arid .·­his wife it \vill cer:tai nl y makel l)ei r future .

• brighter and gave use lot of sat;sfaction . ~, Assistance conti n,ues to be given to. f!l81lY ~ho 11c:ed, :,

guidance through ,t~e maize of regulations that seem • 'designeq to deter aJI but.!~e most pe~sis) at1t. •

( . . Whilst we don't always'in~st Ofl.it f~r;4nitial advice·, it is impor;tant for ve1erans to joi~ the.. .

/ . Regula~ Defence force; Welfare As~cietipn as 1rOl);l' t

a legal po1 nt of vi,e1,v w-e s hovld not advise , ,~· ~ • . non.,.members. It onl_y·c·osts $1.5 .0,0 and i~ tax deductatlle. · J

f ur1her enquiries to;. / r, Hon Sec. 'Chips' Gray PO BOX 548 t,llWRA 254 1.·

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DEV_ELOPf1ENT Of BRITISH NAVAi:-.AVIATION _ANQ THE' ~ :

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-PART 1 IN TftE°BEGiNtiMi. CONTINUED,,: ~ '·~ 1 •. · · 5Heligolend Bight'on ,~t June 1'918 they wen\"jntp ~. Dunni ng's experf~e-,1ts -r~ele~ the dang6rs of.!· ~ }action &Qai nst enemy ai rcrift ·{Or tl\e. fi l".$l aod only ·

flying around e funnel,:•nd br;ck)e structu.re to.1~1 ·.i>ccu:1ion. Camel N6.783 piloted by c;a~tain\i. · ' · ~. ·•'· on the forecastle flight deck. , · . ~·., ; Shar"wood RAf from FIMAS Sydney, shot do~t~h;e of :

tiMS Furious w~ later given a loruJ fltght deck• 7 '" u,e Germans; Two·ot'hers retreated. AHhouQh t.he · · astern .but~ though an improv'ement, the breakup of till W83 never-confirmed ,i, ,is one•of the earlt-e:st ' 1irflo'W'bythesuperstr.uctureJid 'not81IO'w'Safed: ',• Claimsbyanaircraftlaunche

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landings. This difficulty \ilas overcome:by16e . ,. Sister ~hip HMAS Brisbar e \'/BS t~e first · commfss1on1ng of a converted passenger 11ne·r tc{the ·. , Au,trelian wen,hip to carr'~ en ai,:cnft for · 'flush' dec·k aircraft carrier 1iMSAr9us., 1 ~· · • operational purposes. She tool< on·board a Sopwith .

Before the advent of !modern· aircraft carrie r~. ;Baby' seaplane at Colt mbo in ~pril' 19,t 7 which e~peri ments conti nt.ied·\ilith ai re raft launch · · _ she carried .until June for reconnaiss111ee wMJe pla.tforms OI\ light Cruisers,. fixed P'latforms we·re ~ searchinQ fQr the ESerman raider Wolf.1 .'

not 8 satisfact~rlJ la.unchi Ilg medium.as the Ship \118S • . . .: ,i•,;. req ui red to turn foto 'i'i nd before a 1 s-u nch co u 1 d ibe attempted. This \ilas nbt acceptable·for 1heavij ,1~' ·

ruisers. · , . . · ' ' · ) . . , .... . . n "An Australian, Captain J .S. [)uma resq R.N. pla.,;d.:.

a leading part in the development of.a rev-olNing. · platform for flying off air .er.aft/ rem light · · Cruisers. l;te ass1:1med ~om~hd of HMAS SVDNEY in April 1 917 10 which theif1 rst revolving pla1fo rm was fitted. The fi nt fl.ighf from it ....,.., made o-n 8th 1 •

December 1911. ,A.~eyc>lving platfo~m was fittecpo ~ HMAS Melbourne in March 1918 and the first · ' . flight from it 'w'88 on 10th MalJ. £0th ships carrried ' ·' Sop\ililh 'Camels'" and.'durinQ a s~eep in the' !,

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·' :··To·el101.,it heav~·"Crlit~ers.'to·0,pe··r~raffcraft ·;· .· ·i~i_ ·~: ~ . , 'ylithotJ1 the need tb)_UPA _ipto 'w'i.nd., ln ,ex·perjJ1,1e·ri'tel r. ·.'·1;

platfi;irm was fitte~to '.\b.e'.foN.11rd fftt~n inch gur%1t~~· tl~_rret i.p HMS Repulse. 00, 1~t~tob'er 1917 :1~~·.t"

.,., flight Commander f .J. ~uttaod ~uceessfull~. rfew qtf' II.· ,JI Sap~th 'Pup' .. Eig~llt,delJS laf&r ~~ ~e,peatef the

·feat from the after turret . As·a resUlt'ell, aa\tle • Cruiser$, including HMAS t\ustrolia, were eve nt Cta 11 IJ · f; tted 'Vi th fl 9i no off pl ~for ms. o"'' r Q lf o

~.turrets and ca.rried Sop'tlith fighter air.craft to ' $hoot do"w_n ahadO'tli ng Zq~pe1i q~. T ~ fact that the:­. p18fWS ¥>Uld have to clitch after 11 ight if no_! ~i.thi n . ,

i range o!la~ \II~ an accepted yartii:ne risk~ On · · ,,_ ·, 1 Bth December 191 7 Flight-Li. F ,M. Fo;x laun6hed 1

from HMAS ·Australia. , · ~. , : · : ~.. · . ,, The-Sgpwith 'Pup· and 'Camel: ~tng singlJ•.se1.t ' ; t !,

ai re raft we re not (e&ll tJtsatfafactor ~ for l 1 , •

. reconnaissarce w'Ork. E•rly i·n 191 Bit was decided' to me HMAS Austrflia tor 'exp~rlmenb 'tlith ·t'Wo ', :

.. seater.aircraft. \ · '· /· ,: .) · · Continued next issue. · · t .- ii.

The revolvir'f} ,flying -off platform . fitted to . '' HMAS ·Sydney during mid to late 1917 antj HMAS .Melboume in Mar9.h, 1Q18. Pt\~ 4.

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Th~ Career of H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE

SNIPS MOYEM[NTS 1955 28 Oct Commissfoned at · Barro1.,v-in-Fur ness N. Lanes:· 31 Oct - I Nov Pes3age to Liverpool. 1 Nov - 6 Nov Doc.king Glads1one Dock Liver pool. 7 Nov - 8 Npv Liverpool to Clyde - acceptance trials . 8 Nov Hoisted Wni te Ensi gn. IO Nov - 12 Nov Clyde area I 2Nov - 1 4 Nov Clyde to Devonport . . I 4 Nov - 2 1 Nov Alongside at Devonpor1 -Ammunition ship.' 21 Nov - -11 Pee Sea tr i.als PltJmouth area

. 1 2 Dec - 1 3 Dec Pl yma uth to Portsmouth 14 Dec - 8 Jan .. Catapult dead load trials . 1956 9 ~an - 20 Jan fl yi_ng trials - .Podsmouth area 20 Jan - 21 J.an Passage to Le Havre 21 Jan - 24 Jan At Le Havre ' 24Jan - 24Jan Le Havre to Portland. 25 Jan - 27 Jan Portland D.G. a,nd noise ranging ?7 Jen - 27 Jan Pass~e tq Portsmouth 27 Jen - 4 Mer Port3mouth - Dcpermi.ng> catapult exa mi'nation, storing, visit by Du~e of Edi nbur~h. 5 Mar - 8 Mar Portsmouth to Glasgow -Replenishment at sea tr fals, D.G. ranging . a Mar - 11 Mar K.G. V. dock Gla:sgow embarking ai re raft . ' 11 Mar 1 2 Mar At Tail of the ijank. 1 2 Mer - 1 7 Mar Greenock to Gfbra11ar .. " I 7 Mar 1 8 Mar A1 4i braltar .• 19 Mar ,_ 22 Mar Gibralta r. to Naples. 22 Mar -. 25 Mar At Napl es. 25 Mar · - 26 Mar Naples to Malta. 2 6 Mar.:...-<'· 27 Mar At Malta ii Ma'( - 30 Mar Malta:10 Po

1rt Said. 3 O Mar - 31 Mar Transit ef Sue2 Canal. 31 Mar · - 4 Apr Suez Canal to Aden 4Apr - . l O Apr Aden to Colombo. 1 O Apr - 1 4 Apr At Colombo. · 14 Apr - · 23 Apr Colombo to Fremantle . 2 3 Apr ·:::-2 6 Apr At f re~ ntle . ' 26 Apr - 2 May frementle to 'MeJbourne. ?-, May -· 5 May at Melbourne. 5 May - 7 Mat,J Melbourne to Je rvis Bay. 7 May - 8 May At Jervis Bay - Disembark ,., ai re raft . ·· 1

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The restoration programme on Sea Venom WZ937 .in 'E' hangar at 'Albatr.oss· has,.been moving along quite steadily . Most of th~· u'pper surfaces of the fuselage have been rubbed back, the -.iooden ~ection .. of the fuselarge -has been completely str i pped of all !

the old fabric and.sanded back to a smooth fin i sh. , ~ · The ejection :seats have been removed from the cockpit and the refurbishing oft he cockpit interior has begun. • . • The.re have been a.fe"*'1 snags to overCQm.e wi-th

broken fitti("Js, badly corroded fittirw;is and missin~ panels, but 3c;i far things ./ re' -.iorking.out fairly "Well getting replacements made or doi'ng repairs . .. We have. had a lot of tro4ble geHi ng the hydraul ic ,

,1:1:,tem opereting, but have now over come tha+ ~ prob.lem and the aircraft 00\v 'w'i11 accept full · ...... operat i ng pressure from a ground suppl_lJ rig 1.,vith

, most.systems -.iorking normally. Haven't been able ~o try the undercarriage . •

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• although the first ti me 1..1e put power oq 'We we/e· ! bit 1.,vorried'ahd had fire extil"'JUi~hers at .the ready.

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We i.ve also menaged to come up\ ,,dth a , reasonab1tJ good canopy thagli:s to.the South • . ~ '.') AU3tralian Historical Avi ation Muse.um whi~'h h~s ooe of our Sea Venoms being rest.a red there . ,Than.ks to the Dulux trade.centre here in Newra ·

· we have elsQ maneged hi come up w.i~h the reference number~ofall the paint r.egui,:edfor both the .. \ venom ahd the Gartn'et. · · ~

Both th.e boys (Clark & Bob) out at the Historical Flight hangar have· been a great help -in organis; equipl'(\ent"; and in doing small jobs·.for us.

Ther:e are still a couple of posttfons vacant, soi f . you -.iant to help, get , n 'touch with Tony on 210621 or fro"t upat ·o· h~ngar'et O~~O~ny Sunda!J morning dressed for 'viork. Don't forget, you wJll. need a vi3iton pa~ fo get do"'rr t.lil the h~ngar. W~ 'Will then arrange a cfvilian pass for !JOU.

• Not ·so much for thi;j aircraft, but when "*'1e start " ' on the l)&Xt One, we 8 re l~ki ng·tor ·, Radio Mee h. ' who has had some ~_xper ience on the Venom and al( o "

an ArmoLrer 'Who can help out \ilil h the ejection · seats aod canopy je \t i son.,tc .

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Progress is coming along steadil yJ with go nee rted efforts hy_Ray Larder, Chris George, Ron Ross and myself. We are within a \o/ingtip of having the ai re raft pai ntcd.

During the'paint str ippj_ng·proceedure "we ., unvieled the names of two of tbe·o1c1 girls ~ maintainers (::ipanner wank-ers.) extrodinaire , those being NAM AE HARRY JESS and NAM AE: FRANK EYKE. These name c1re still evident as the old p~i nt has etched them permanently into the airc ~pft skin .

Broken bell cranks in the vingfold system are still holding us up and preventing the w·fngs from bei~ spread or folded : Ho""ever due to so~ "in~ depth"' investigatioQ by Chris George {Wings) 'yle

- neged to 1 ocete ef lee:st four Genneb buried · Jehind the old se-..iarage farm . ·rhe tind proved · invaluable and thanks to the Sea Cadets and the ·fines" we -..iere able to.unearth and redeem quite a

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few e33ential hard points. Most par,t, sre heavil y •' corroded, however we tr,anaged to find two opposing bell cranks . The co ~rosion-on the~ parts ia ·only . superficial and with appreciated as:!listance from Don Jeme:s and the boip et A.S.U. we can u:se the3e 03

templates for the manufacture of ne'III ones. In conc1usion a special thanks to Willie ·

Mcfarlane et the welding bay, and to Bob Gurney .a l<eservjst '.'ho helped us out one weekend 1Vith some lathe work . ·· ~ Don Parkinson Team Manager

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·:Thh NSW FAA Assbci.etion -..ij,lf host.FM RE.UNID~-' ,:­, ··g 2 at No-..i ra and ''Al ba1ross" in M~IJ oft hat ~ear. This/ t.1ill coincidee ~ tl'i,c~lebratiop to _ , commemorate the 50th Ariniversar'y of the "Battle o'ft he Cora1 Sea" and will cu1mtnate \o/i th a 1 ,pccteculer ei r di:sp1cy. at the R.A.N.A.S'. ,._t hi:, , poin1 of tir(le i1is hopedthattheAirSho _...;;wi11-have .' an inter national col.ite nt. I

A general meeting of Members held on 30 · September decided that subscription membersh1 p .• ,

fees due at ·January 1991 "'o uld remain at ' · $1'0.00. Ir

f"'embers are reques1ed to for1Var~ sub~ promptl~ - li t,e right no'III even - a:s ,omc heavy ex pe03cs arc · imminent. Re,newal of Mef!lber,thi p form.\ o~ted on;· ~ p~11;ie12. : ., · ;

In or~er to keep producif!9 tbi? tJwsletter 1Ve need to replace our ( borrowed) "'{Orn out copier

·immediately. We al~ need to buy a better QIJality · printer if we an, to imp rove th~ quality tif the · · publicat i on. 1

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The ~ecretary ,'llli:sb'e3 t, poi ntpu~ that as'llle go ta pFint there is a total of 15 'foundation Members'

' , unfinancial for 19'9~0. No doubt some ·t,,a\'e changed a,ddre:sse:nhd heve not re~eived notices.' lf'yo u have

' contact with any of the follo'llling please ask them to contact.us:- Membe~ No20 R.F. Martin / 74 f.L. Duggin, 80 C.B. Edwards,,~2 · M.~. EQgar, a 7 ,D.f . · O'reilly, 92 H.B. Link, 100 A.C. l"k>rley, ·J 05 A.B. Guilk, 109 D.R. Porter, 110W . Bennett, 115G.T. P.,rkes. 11.8 R. Lee, 130 G.J . PoUard, r-34 U.A. Nowland, 160 J.R. Macartney a.nd 183 G.R. McKeown . .

The Commit1ee has-embarked en one fund raising 1nit1ative "(hith )i~s 'been reque\ted by members • ~ ut, unfortunately requires a substantii,,J initial outlayoffundsinexcessof$2500.0D. ~ · · ~--

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A ~·register of>intereJ1' form f9r the 'REUNION •. ·92· is locJted on paQe' 11 :1why not sav~time and·: ,

- po::itage? ·Put all.Jhree forms 'and respective _.. • ' cheques i_n the one envelope and r,.e1_urn same;·now.r,; / ·1 PL~ASE·. .

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A ba.rbacU&~ill be held.at t.he Sen.1\·r Sailors .Mess HMAS Al batro3S on 09 December. The cost per . heed will be$ 7.00 . If the cost cen be lo\i.1-eredit wiHbe . · 1 ·-,

Lets make this get together a bit better than last years. We 'W'ill have a one gallon bottl.P of Scotch for the raffle. The bottle of Scotch ~as origia.naly won by Bill Warne, 'w'ho, graciously dom1tedit back 1o us to be re raffled. Thanks· Bill. PUT THIS DATE.ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW_ '

iiJl,:; .. "°~OCIAL CALENOA~r-9 1991 ' .

16 FEB 1991 RAC[ DAY 03 MII\R 1991 A.G.M_ I e_e_q_ 12 JUL 1991 YULEFEST !

30 t.UG 1991 ANIVERSARY DINNER 08 DEC 1 991' Xtli\S .

AIR DAY DEC 2nd . Another Air Qay is being plann.ed for the 2nd of

December 1990 . This one 'w'ill be run along the same lines as the one hel!:l in July .' At this ti me we haven't got the details of what 'vill be on display or what the f.lying display-will be. It is hoped that 1 here 1i1ill be so me of 1 h~Mar birds present. ~

We are working very hard_to_get tt,e Sea \/enom·to a taxlJable state blJ then, but a lot depends on t· whether we can come come up wHh a ftrv( spares that \v'e need ..

for those that missed t'he last one, don't miss this one

The f AA Assoc, st ion "",·11 once again: be involved in 1he runni ng of a couple of stalls . Please let Bob· Cronin { O 44 2141 34) , Jim Lee { O 44 2175 79} or Tony P~nno (044 2 10621) k:no~ if IJOU can help out. The more ,ve t1ave to· help the easier i1 is to '..tork out a 'vtatch bill so that the saine five or six 1ha1 usually turn up are Aot stuck: behind the counter the whole day. Remember those guys also would like to get.out and have'.a'look around, and also please remember that. the monelJ we raise-:is for the Museum and Historic flight . PUT THE DATE DOW·N NOW, AND THEN COME OUT ON THE DAY ANO .ENJOY. ro.URS[Lf; '

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~ECIUEST FOR ASSISTANCE The following is an extract 1rof!1 a letter sent to

us by Ute NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM. · The long term future end.survivel of the Museum

, will de.pend to a large extent on.the support by · volunteers ,to assist the small permanent staff in· operating / promoting end admjnister,ng the

· Mweum. We believe i total of about.sixty volunteers -would form 'e large enough group t~

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pe,.-:,on would have about t~o rostered detp, tr. month . 1

., assuming volunteers would vor~ between nor ma Mweum opening t1m~. Training \i.lOUld be provided for the various areas of voluntary war I<.. • ,

Would you please ask~ yolJr Association if ·there, are any members who \v'ould be 'w'illi ng to accept a ·position on the roster . If you are .able.to supply a list of names 1Jhich. we can add 10 he Museu.rq . Administrator's volu.nteer,list this will be a tremendous help. Please·note tha~ we would vatt-. o start up this roster abo'li 5 November 1990 and as ti me p rog,.-esses keep ~di n_g to it so we have a lar,ge 'team· O'.(er which can spread the duties, so that by the· t(me !he new Museum is reedy we can :s'w'i ng into an efficient and professional operajion. · Thank you· for your already si.QOifica~t support ·

, i for the ttuseum . We pll hope that you will be al:lle to assi~t us in making this challenging proj~ct -reach it5 full maturity. ..

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FAA REUNION ·92 ·!;'· · An fodep~ndent committee h8S b~e'fl formed-to set up and orga.nis.e FM ~E'UNIO,N '92 . If IJOU.have any 'though~ or ideas, please'get in~ouch with any l. the followinc.t people. ' r-Chairman · · Bob Cronin 044 21 4134 Secre.tary Les Ma1terson 044 21 794~ Treasurer Bob Bryce 044 '212870 P.R. Gre'gKelson . 044210009 Inters tate f AAA li asion Jim Lee -044 217579 R Larson, I .. f erg uson., T. Penn~; f . Bi rtles and K. Longford

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Another lett er \ve refe ived from N~il Keedle said that he had .bee'n i n contact 1.vith Bth ,Watters .and \o/83, hap~y to / report that i he 6r nJd claared ~ill of any serious i llnes s Bill \Jish es~o express his appre ciation and thanks to·· a)] those who sent hlf.ll.il r ds . · · · · ~· -- __ .:_ · Yet another ietter r eceived from Neil contain ed a good run&\v'n of ar1ic~es abou/ the fight ortiAsbestosis. We : , ,..,ill pub)ish t ne f1rst firt 1cle in 1his·Newsletter 'and follo"" up with another next issue , Thank~

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ef1or1 put into geth ng 1 hese <1 ri i cl es 1o us Neil . ' • · Ansver to Graharn Cox v ho aiso se nt us some i nfo and photographs ,_ So~ry Graham, can't te11 ;you \.;ho , origiona l y ...,;rote " NHJht Fl yi n~at No'vna" s1 mpl y because we 0011"1 knov . I g9t that article out of an old "Sl1 p S1rea m" maqaz1 r.e i hanks for the ~ho1os, i f they come,up-ol 1or, pri nh ng, we vill certai nl use some of them . By t he vay , 1 ,, 1 n.; 111 Bn J Da e: is no excust! for not hel pi rHJ out on the Veriom, you coul\l alvayfi_ fly down,for ~ dBys ,,,ork eac11 51J,1d::i4 ~ '

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l'HE last image the µeople uf NSW had of Sir David Marlin was of a n fighting death. They saw him gasping for breath, struggling to get air i hJs ruined lungs as he took part In his last ceremony as NSW Governor. 11ey suffered with him as he went .through the farewell cerem9ny on • •sday bravely carr:vlng out the tradition that was e.itpect.ed of hlm. Some !' ,b ,t. They weren't to know that In a few hours he would be admitted to St t . · .. cent's Hospital where t · · -:., lied on Friday night. t they understood bravery . One . man

ued to me aa we stood Macquarie Stuet LHt week, despite his obvious dls-

chlng his laat t/aln(ul comfort, Sir D.vld WH able to take part gre88 and ,sU!d. "I In a fuewell parade In his honor. He had ·t lmow him but he ·s served his state and his nation wall. No ns a good bloke." more can be asked of any Australian. r all the tributes paid • See Editorial P48

Bir David. lrom ~---------,-------,--,.-- .......... -"!' Llclans and rellglous lie Jc,lned a tragic list of memory or the courage of . lers. from the power - servic,• IH'rsounel who Bir David and Lady Mar ­and the . lnflueutlal. ha l'e ctir<I. or are dying. tin In his last days as one from · an un- because nf a~l:Jestos. Exact Governor.

wn ,bystander~ . .tltted numbers an• noL known p "The death of LhJs gal -man well. " . · ··. buL the Department of .lant sailor will llOt'·be In e was a good bloke. Veterans · All airs has re- vain ll It serves to save r David would also celvect more than JOO ap- . the lives of other iervlce­e understood the plicaLlons for invalia Jlf.'n- men who are exposed to ds of a leading .veter- sio11s clue to as beslusis the asbesl.os risk ." · rights lawyer, Monty and mesothelioma. Bir David 's clealh was low, who ~aid the tor- Mr Hollow. a Mel - not unexpe cted . In the · governor's ,death (boume lnwyer. who has pa.st few weeks he had to ,Id noL be Jn vain II It rough!. lor compensation , use oxyllen to help him ied other servicemen for for mn servicemen, breaU1e and written on osedtoasbestos. said Sir David's death his grey, drawn face was ,bestos killed Sir brot)ght home the dan- the pain he w9:5 suffering. ·id. During hi navy Rl' rs of nsbPsLos. But the death devas­rs he breathed 111 l111y. ..Tll1· pra yers of a na- Lated his success .or. RRar tlcles of asbt>stos liuu 11·i11 be for th e family Admiral Pet er Sinclair .

l ti I of Rear Admiral Sir who I was also a .closP c:!~~f,'!~~e ~~eu·~i~~ David Marin.' ' he said. friend. As Sir David . mesolhelloma . ·•wr wlll never forget the bowed · out of office on

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Tuesday, Renr Admiral "Through a ~ of U he Sinclair said: "Bir Davie! was very jaunty - he wa.ir, was a Governor of the the adr!!rnl and snllor Lo people tor the people. I the encl' .. ": think that sums up the The Leadf'r of the Op -man ." posltl ~m. ~r Carr. sai d

Rear Admiral Sinclair Sir Davlffs cl<·ath was ex­yt>stei·rlny expr!'ssed tremely ~ad tpr all whi;\ great sorruw at the death grew to know him . , of his lrl end . "Il e 5t'id i11 ha111Mr'

"IL was with great sad - times thaL h l"plar ·ccl f(im • ue&s that my wife and I self at tile ~r rvlc,:, ol hi :; rece ived the news or the country arnt ~int at ti Lurie death of my former col0 towards puhlk serv icr is league a nd . friend Sir an in splrntion . David Mnrtin.' \ he said . . "It ls hnrd tl'>r 11~ le• IJP -

Preml cr Nkk Orei11er lieve aftn SPt' illl!. lli11, ~ sai d Sir David's emo- fe w da ys ago th11i hl' ha :, t10111ll final public ap- passed 'so qui <'kl1· ·· peura1 ice demons tra ted ·· the man's bravery and strength ol character. Duty

"I think it would mak e ;l'he catl,olic l\r l'lo-a11yone who thinks bqek , 1 c cl , t.o ufai day appreciate ' db1i·s1,.~olp ol ,,.r t1f'.1. ca, -

d .. l~cll-;~ rct" l '1;111,._, . Jus t whnl a physical aunl said t:ilr Da vid \\'fl ~ a emotional act of herois . oovernoJ · nil pl'oplP l1·lt It was ." he said . . . was their fprnd . H,,

. "1 think as an admiral brought warmlh and a aml as a governor and i;plrit otco1.umitmc111 and most 11artlcularly as _a genoroslt y to hi~ orru:c . human being, David , Marlin was n shining ex- "He will 131, r<'l\1(•111h<'n·cl a mple to us all." as a go, !'r11or 11 ho eon

Mr Oreiner said the sta ntly apura lNI t 1,11· wiw Sir Da, •icl ap- high er sLa11danl•, of , ·0 11 •

proa lwd hi s !lmol day ol du ct, In our ~oqi1•l y . n lfl ce was iyp1ca l of l11s "The pr,1111,, o t N>-;\\'

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1<11re his lan,1.lly my sympa,thy and .ort and that qf all U~e _., ,ho - • lie orrtmunlty." ,

•rhe Anglican , Ar rh­bisho1J of Sydney, • Arch bisl,iµ Donald Robi1Js<111. liaid he had ~omr to k1101 1 niul • a<,lmire ' Sir Da vid greatly · tor lhe wn~· he conclul,tr d a11d• l!nh aflcccl ll ,e r,11e o( gm•er11 r .

' ·Hr hrnught to bPrll· a h ip.h se nse of dul y arni f rndilion lrniu his n:~rnl had,l(ruu11d whi G11 !I,· 111ixl'cl with human it" a'ud i · lllll)OII\POSily. . l

·:1•arucularly npµrPci - , nted was his i11l~lativr , rarlier t11is yrur in .co11-, ·e11ing a ·.flrnyer break f n~L \i·hlch jlOinl;f.d IIS all ill' thr righ\ dir00Llo11."

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·,._ ~poke~111a;1 lu r l·:11 .. mirr Nick llrPi .ner sauf . ~ r ~terday detail s ol the· ~· tun f!ra l ~, ·r slill bf'hl f.l ! di sc uss i>d will! Lad \· · M:i., ti11. but t.hnt t.hr. sr i -. I ,·1.-r wa s i;chedulrcl lpr , llant. • i

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George M~acham arrived into this world about 4em on 16 March 1923·, in the indu~trieJ.carpet town of Kidder mister, Worchester, England.

George's father a guard on the Great .Western Railvay, \\las drafted to the city of Worcester .where

.George junior was educated until the age of. 12. · When his father was drafted pack to Kidder mister as yard for man, George junior finished his · education there. . ..

In 1937 he left school aged 14and vent to\¥'0rk . the RAF Maintenance Unit Hartlebury, as a

junior storeman. Outbreak of wir, September 1939, found George working for ''Short,Bro1t:iers" as a costing cler r, working on Stirling bombers.

George volunteered for the f AA in May 1 941, aged 18. He vas called up on January 1 942 . He did his basic trainirg at Malvern, HMS Duke and then was trained by the RAF at HMS Daedal u:, 83 ari Afr Mechanic Engines. At thattime the RN had no training faciHties. .

George vas then drafted to a training Squadron.on completion of his engine course and worked on Swordfi:,h arx1 Albacores at HMS Jackdaw. He then joined 816 Squadron optfr·ati ng Swordfish on 23 March 1943 aboard· HMS Dasher. He wa.s sent a~hore 'w'ith a teem to trei n new aircrew for deck landings at Macrihamish, Scotland:

~ While ashore HMS Da.sher was blown up in the 1 yde and the only survivors of 81 6 Squadro.n were

a fev on shore leave and George's merry band at Macri hamish. The Squadron reformed and jai ned HMS Tracker . The ship sailed on convoy duties from Londonderry on Friday 1 :3th August 1943. At this ti me George did not lcnov that the Commarder f\ir onboard,was observer LCDR V.A.T. Smith RAN

HMS Tracker joined up1.w1th Captain Walkers sloe ps Wi ldgoose, Wren, Wood pee l<er, Starling, Magpie and ~ent LI-Boat hunting. W,hile try ing to turn, taking evasive action, HMS Triicker rolled and recorded 52 degrees. Damage to ship an·d aircraft resulted and repairs being carried out at Norfolk, Virginia USA. 816 Squadron eventuelly left HMS

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Tracker on 3 t st· December 1943 lifter ti very slov1 7 knot convoy from Ne1,,1foundland'to I re land. .

January 1944 .found our p~rsonality still on 816 operating from HMS Cheser, doing ius,ian convoys ( A change from Atlantic convoys). The Sqvuadron was resppnsible far sinking 4 U-Boats on this convoy in three consecutive days. The ! Squadron left HMS Chaser after it went ~ground i.n See pa flow during a boiler clean pn George's 21st birthday . ~

D-Da1J fou.nd George in Cornwell-still on 816~ th~ Swordfi~h all painted black and coverin9 the English channel at night ro [-Boats .

At the· end o'f the var George ~as demoi>ed on 26th . March 1946. He married Pearl on 27tb December 1 947 and decided to emigrate ta Aust ralia.. .1 •

George joined the RAN on the 25th March 1949 ,. and took passage via the grey funnel Ii ne HMAS Sydney. Pearl joinecf'him Dec~mber 1949, and set up house at Hyam's Be11ch JB etnd then to Holi~y Cotti,ge St. Georges Basin. He then rooved i nta _flat 13 Married Quarters ijMAS Albatross 1~x BTU

.• huts} where thefr firs\ son Stephen was born on 13 .February 1951 .. ··

George then returned to the UK for.~a hw<,o year mechanics course -

George served on HMAS Sydney, HMAS Venge.ance and HMAS Melbourne. He abo served on 816, · 81 7 ,_ 808 and 725 Squadrons. George received his long distance gong from Captain VAT Sm1th on the 26th January 1960. He also did Vietnam trips on board HMAS Sydney vfth Wessex choppers ./·

George retired on t.t1e 26th March 1969 and then jai ned SAMlc in September: 1970 as a Tech Officer qra_de 2. He then transferred to JBRF as Qual.ity Control Officer. He the ii"reti red agcsfn on Mere h

· 16th 1983 having been involved yith ,iNaval A/C for 41 years. ·

., ,TARANTO NIGHT .

The veek-end of fO/ 11 November marks the 5..0th Anniversary of ~1he Fleet Air Arm··ettack .on the Italian battle fleet in''laran1o 'H~rbour. fOANAM. ha.s decide to-hold a mixed dinner in, the Great Hall University house ANU at 7.00 for .-7.30 .

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wm be 3 courses (wtnes included) ~it _h port and coffee to folio~ . Dress vill be' lo~Jl',Je suit and the cost $45.00 a head. All welcome) Contact Jim Lee.·

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" To 113:si:1t pl8n•infi1 ond •dmini:str•tion c.,ou •n: rc11uested tu re9i:1tcr pur iatere~t b~ retur•i•t this f•rrn Yith vou.-registratioa fee . ' MAS::[ CHEQUES PAVt..BLE TO fltA ·REUNION '92. ,.

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The Museum of the Future In July, 1987, the Heritage Trust agreed that a New Museum Complex was needed to provide the aircraft on display with protection from the elements and provide

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a proper environment for displays of -'· memorabilia. A National Capital , Campaign to raise $2.0 million c;om- , menced jn 198Z Please give generously Donations are Tux Deductible.

PUBLIC SUPPORT The Museum <!,epends upon public financial support to assist the volunteers to improve, update and preserve this heritage. As the biggest single tourist attraction on the South Coast of New

* Vintage Aircraft * Aircraft Engines * Aircraft . Models * Photographic Displays * Exhibits of rockets, bombs,

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South Wales, with some 100,000 visitors each year, the staff of the Museum and ' Historic Flight accept a monumental task '. So generous public donations are not only welcome they are very necess

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* Displays of Theatres of War ' ' ' * Souvenir Shop * Free Parking * Free Picnic & Gas BBQ Area * Group Tour Bookings

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