ZOOM PRESENTATIONS
ON AVIATION & MILITARY HISTORY
brought to you by Peter Dunn OAM

 

Hosted by AHSA (Qld) Inc.

Date Presentation Presenter
20 Mar 26 Powered by Nature - A Brief History of Gliding Laurie Webb
27 Feb 26 Member's Chat Night:-

Bob Livingstone - "The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth"

Peter Dunn - "QANTAS never Crashed

Trevor Potter - "Strike and Return - 460 Squadron RAAF"

Ian McDonell - "Different Collectables"

Jeff Nielsen - "RAAF Townsville Aviation Heritage Centre"

Bob Livingstone
Peter Dunn
Trevor Potter
Ian McDonell
Jeff Nielsen
30 Jan 26 Royal Flying Doctor Service Michela Everett and Nick Warwick
28 Nov 25 Cockpit Resource Management Ray Vuillermin
31 Oct 25 Meeting cancelled due to severe storms  
26 Sep 25 Australians with the PDU Gordon Clarke
11 Sep 25 Airside Bus Tour Archerfield Airport Don Foy
29 Aug 25 From 85 Knots to Mach .83 Ian Fischer
25 Jul 25 Air Raid Precautions in Brisbane during WWII Peter Dunn OAM
27 Jun 25 Very Different Days! Rick Davies LTCOL (Ret'd)
30 May 25 Stralis Aircraft: Australia's Opportunity for Revitalising Regional Aviation Steven Holden
2 May 25 Sources, Scope and Use of Photos for Australian Air Data Ian McDonell
21 Mar 25 Tailwheel to Mach 2
(Not recorded at presenter's request)
GPCAPT Mal Hurman (Ret'd)
28 Feb 25 Surviving a Career in Aviation George Palmer
17 Feb 25 AHSA (Qld) Inc. Members Chat Night Bob Livingstone, Peter Dunn OAM, Gordon Clarke and Ian McDonell
31 Jan 25 Pilot Training since 1914 Ray Vuillermin
29 Nov 24 L. J. Balderson - Military Aviator and Pioneer of RAAF Radio Laurie Webb
Discussion on & display of artefacts from crash of Qantas DH-86 Express VH-USE - crashed near Mt. Petrie on 20 Feb 42 John Godfrey & John Seccombe
25 Oct 24 Almost 50 Years Involvement in Boomerang Restoration Matt Denning
27 Sep 24 DB-7B / A-20 Boston in RAAF Service Mark "Syd" Harbour
23 Aug 24 The Rebirth of Australian Army Aviation - Mid Forties to Today William Mellor
26 Jul 24 Air Transportable Mobile Medical Facility Denis Baker
28 Jun 24 The Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service Warwick Henry
31 May 24 Aviation Accident Investigation & Risk Management Ian McDonell
26 Apr 24 22nd Bomb Group fights back from Townsville Peter Dunn OAM
22 Mar 24 Why were 7 men so keen to fly to Sydney that fateful Friday afternoon (not recorded) Philip Castle
23 Feb 24 "Aussie Dambusters" Darryl Holden
14 Feb 24 "AHSA (Qld) Inc. Member's Chat Night Peter E. Johnstone, Peter Dunn OAM, Trevor Potter, Ian McDonell, and Bob Livingstone
19 Jan 24 "Barra Sonobuoy" Denis Baker
24 Nov 23 "Nicky Barr - An Australian Ace" Peter Dornan
27 Oct 23 No. 3 Squadron 1940 - 41; The RAAF's Pioneer Fighter Squadron Anthony Cooper
29 Sep 23 History & Development of Australian Air Data Tony Arbon
25 Aug 23 Archerfield @ War - Archerfield Airfield during WWII Peter Dunn
28 Jul 23 In the Air and On the Air Peter Doherty
30 Jun 23 Victor Bomber falls 30,000 feet Darryl Purdom
30 Jun 23 WWII Crash site "refound" in the middle of Brisbane Peter Dunn
26 May 23 Aircraft flown by AVM Don Bennett - Jul 1930 to Sep 1939 Ian Campbell
28 Apr 22 A Short History of Air Navigation Jon Minns
31 Mar 23 Accident Record Analysis for the Piper Cherokee 6 Series - 1960s to Present Ian McDonell
24 Feb 23 Air Combat in the Falklands David Smith
21 Feb 23 AHSA (Qld) Inc. Member's Chat Night Peter Dunn OAM, Ian Campbell, Mary Van Hummel, Bob Livingstone, Warwick Henry
27 Jan 23 Tasmanian Tigers Dion Makowski
25 Nov 22 The Brisbane Zero: From Buna to Townsville via Eagle Farm and Laverton Alan Graham
28 Oct 22 Two Restless Spirits: Harry Hawker and Bert Hinkler Darryl Dymock
30 Sep 22 Flying DC-3s in Papua New Guinea Ray Vuillermin
26 Aug 22 CAC Wackett and Yeoman Cropmaster Mark Pilkington
29 Jul 22 Thinks He's a Bird Ian Campbell
24 Jun 22 Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar
(Unlisted video)
Darryl Purdom
27 May 22 Saving CAC / Hawker de Havilland Historical Records Denis Baker
29 Apr 22 The Empire has an Answer Tony Brady
25 Mar 22 The Flying Padre Robert Heathwood
25 Feb 22 Japanese Aviators who Stayed Dr Tom Lewis OAM
23 Feb 22 Members Chat Night (Six presentations) Peter Dunn OAM, Darryl Purdom, Jeff Nielsen, Laurie Webb, Warwick Henry, Roger Marks
28 Jan 22 Townsville Air Depot Peter Dunn OAM
26 Nov 21 The Wirraway - An Aussie Icon Ross Parker
29 Oct 21 Gliding in Australia Garrett Russell
24 Sep 21 Operating and Flying Warbirds Kim Rolph-Smith
27 Aug 21 Update on Air Force History & Heritage
(Unlisted video)
AIRCDRE John Meier
30 Jul 21 The Flying Life of Oscar Garden Mary Garden
25 Jun 21 The Accidental Stewardess
(Unlisted video at author's request)
Libbie Escolme-Schmidt OAM
28 May 21 Site Visit to Fighter Pilot Adventure Flights hangar Brad Bishopp & Jeremy Miller
30 Apr 21 No Survivors .... Salvage Impossible Mark Clayton
26 Mar 21 Flying a B747 from Bangkok to London Noel Dennett
26 Feb 21 The Korean Kid: the Biography of Jim Kichenside RAAF Rochelle Nicholls
24 Feb 21 Member's Chat Night - held after the AGM AHSA Members
29 Jan 21 The Last Navigator Paul Goodwin with Gordon Goodwin
27 Nov 20 "Anzac and Aviator" - Sir Ross Smith and the 1919 England to Australia air race Michael Molkentin
12 Nov 20 Groote Eylandt: The Forgotten Flying Boat Base
(Still awaiting on a clearance to post this recording)
Phil Vabre
30 Oct 20 Sidney Cotton - Part 2; "Father of High Speed, High Altitude Photo Reconnaissance” Darryl Purdom
14 Oct 20 Proven Beyond Doubt; The P-47 Thunderbolt in the SWPA Terry Popravak
25 Sep 20 Searching for SAR (San Antonio Rose) David Lindley
28 Aug 20 Phillip Zupp - A Life in the Sky Owen Zupp
31 Jul 20 My Career in Maintaining Historic & Warbird Aircraft David Kingshott
22 Jul 20 Locating a Wrecked B-25H Mitchell Bas Krueger
26 Jun 20 Pacific Wrecks Justin Taylan
29 May 20 Solving ’Circe’ - The 72 Year Mystery of a Lost Flying Boat Phil Vabre
19 May 20 Aviation Archaeology - Buffalo & EATS Airfields Daniel Leahy
24 Apr 20 History of Eagle Farm Airfield area Peter Dunn OAM
17 Apr 20 Tips & Tricks for Online Researching Peter Dunn OAM
27 Mar 20 Air Defence Systems 1942 Peter Dunn OAM

Audio Recordings of earlier AHSA (Qld) Inc. presentations

 

Hosted by AHSA (NSW) Inc.

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5 Jun 24 AVM Stanley Goble and Reports on recent around Australia celebration flights Tom Lockley
7 Apr 24 First Around Australia Flight - Goble and McIntyre April - May 1924 Tom Lockley
3 Aug 22 The Fairey III in Australia Tom Lockley
3 Nov 21 Sydney Airport - Past, present and future Ted Plummer
6 Oct 21 Vintage Gliders Australia - Australian Gliding Museum Dave & Jenne Goldsmith
Sep 21 September meeting cancelled -
Aug 21 August meeting cancelled -
Jul 2021 July meeting cancelled -
2 Jun 21 Rare Aviation Books Marshall Silver
3 Feb 21 Aircraft of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS) Tom Lockley
4 Nov 20 Another D.H.86 Down: The Lepena Accident on Hunter Island Phil Vabre
7 Nov 20 From Clerk to Cockpit – Women in the RAAF from 1940 to today Air Commodore Mark Lax
2 Sep 20 Swamp Ghost and Friends Peter Dunn OAM
5 Aug 20 Uiver: From Construction to Destruction Noel Jackling OAM
1 July 20 2020 Darwin to Adelaide celebration flight in Vickers Vimy Tom Lockley
3 Jun 20 Luigi Pellarini and his aircraft Tom Lockley

 

Hosted by AHSA Inc. - (VIC)

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26 Oct 22 Faith and Fidelity - the RAAF's early embrace of flight simulation Dr. Peter Hobbins
28 Sep 22 Historic Unrecovered War Casualties - Air Force GPCAPT Grant Kelly
24 Aug 22 An account of the incident with QF32 on 4 Nov 2010 Richard de Crespigny
27 Jul 22 Forward Air Control Operations in Vietnam - A personal Experience (Members-only content) GPCAPT Macaulay Cottrell
25 May 22 100 Squadron RAAF - the Air Force Heritage Squadron (Members-only content) WGCDR Philip Beanland
27 Apr 22 Norman Brearley and West Australian Airways Leigh Edmonds
23 Mar 22 Australia's Air Force Museum (Members-only content) WGCDR Mathew Shelley
23 Feb 22 Retracing the 1919 UK to Oz Air Race 100 years later (Members-only content) Michael Smith
24 Nov 21 RAAF Strike Aircraft 1953 to 2010 WGCDR Lance Halvorson MBE (Ret'd)
27 Oct 21 Annual General Meeting - no Guest Speaker or Zoom meeting -
22 Sep 21 Tocumwal Aviation Museum Matt Henderson
25 Aug 21 How an Australian Ruse won a WWII Battle Michael Veitch
28 Jul 21 An Overview of First Nation People and their Service in the ADF SQNLDR Gary Oakley OAM
23 Jun 21 Our Smithy: King of the Air Ann Blainey
26 May 21 Perlan Project - How to Beat the U2 without an Engine Morgan Sandercock
28 Apr 21 From Dead Reckoning to GPS and Beyond Roger McKay
17 Feb 21 Rich Aviation History of Nhill Rob Lynch and John Deckert
18 Nov 20 Airforce Centenary History Project Martin James
21 Oct 20 The Great Airline Bazaar Tony Wheeler
16 Sep 20 The Wirraway Decision - The Newspaper Wars Derek Buckmaster
19 Aug 20 The Empire Air Mail Scheme in Operation, 1938-39 Phil Vabre
15 July 20 Evolution of Jet Fighter Aircraft in the RAAF Roger McKay
11 Jun 20 Flying High in Patagonia Ellen Stoddart

 

Hosted by Friends of Air Force History and Heritage

3 Dec 21 Animals in War Dr. Kerry Neale
5 Nov 21 Cold War Warriors AIRCDRE Ian Pearson
1 Oct 21 The Malayan Emergency & Indonesian Confrontation 1950 to 1966 AIRCDE Mark Lax, OAM, CSC
3 Sep 21 The F-4E Phantom in RAAF Service WGCDR Lance Halvorson MBE (Retd)
6 Aug 21 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service in the ADF SQNLDR Gary Oakley, OAM
2 Jul 21 Transport Support Flight GPCPT Doug Hurst MBE (Retd)
4 Jun 21 2 Squadron RAAF in Vietnam Lance Halvorsen
5 Mar 21 Frustrated on the Fringes - No. 451 Squadron Adam Lunney
5 Feb 21 Is that a Zero over Brisbane? Peter Dunn OAM
4 Dec 20 Winning the "Battle of the wits" in the barbed-wire battleground: Australian airmen of Stalag Luft III Kristen Alexander
3 Dec 20 Book Launch "Armageddon and OKRA - Part 1"

Book Launch "Armageddon and OKRA - Part 2"

WGDCR Lewis Frederickson
6 Nov 20 Digitising the RNZAF Museum's Image Collection RNZAF Museum
2 Oct 20 The CAC Wirraway Story Derek Buckmaster
4 Sep  20 Tips, tricks and experiences in doing effective interviews Ms Louise Williams & Sqn Ldr Michael Veitch
7 Aug 20 RAAF Historian discussing current research of Air Force's history for book to be published in 2021 Martin James
3 Jul 20 DCA Clandestine operations in Portugese Timor 1941-42 Phil Vabre
5 June 20 453 Squadron over Normandy 1944 Adam Lunney
1 May 20 Air Defence Systems in the Townsville area in 1942 Peter Dunn OAM

 

Hosted by Australia @ War

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17 Apr 25 Rockhampton @ War - Military Locations in the Rockhampton Area during WWII Peter Dunn OAM
9 Aug 24 Townsville Air Depot, Mount Louisa, Townsville Peter Dunn OAM
9 Aug 24 The Legend of Hangar 7 Peter Dunn OAM
8 Aug 24 Victory in the Pacific: Battle of Guadalcanal - Brisbane, Australia 2 & 3 August 2024 Peter Dunn OAM
15 Jan 21 Is that a Zero over Brisbane? Peter Dunn OAM
11 Nov 20 Moreton Bay @ War - Military Locations in Moreton Bay during WWII Peter Dunn OAM
15 Apr 20 Use of Military Radio Sites in Brisbane during WWII Peter Dunn OAM
Mar 20 Brisbane @ War - Trial presentation Peter Dunn OAM

 

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