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22 March 2007
Visit children to the Starlight Express room of the Royal Childrens Hospital
Number 77 Squadron pilots and maintenance crew members took time out from their schedule at the Avalon air show to visit children at the Starlight Express room of the Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne.
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Flying Officer Dave Hannaford from 76 Squadron, based in Newcastle, discusses vigorously with Fiona Vagg of Portarlington, Victoria, about the best features of the RAAF's BAC Hawk 127 aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force at the Avalon Air Show.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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From left, Corporal Chis Moffat, Flight Lieutenant Dominic Walker and Flight Lieutenant Chrissie Riley from 6 Squadron based in Amberley discuss the placement of a display bomb at the Avalon Air Show. Flight Lieutentant Walker is the pilot of the Royal Australian Air Force F-111C aircraft in the background, while Flight Lieutenant Riley is the Armament Officer and Corporal Moffat the Aircraft Maintainer.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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Flight Test Pilot Flight Lieutenant (R'td) Randall Green next to a prototype version of the A94-101 Sabre aircraft. Flight Lieutenant Green joined No1 Course at Point Cook in 1948 and after graduating in 1949 he joined 87 Squadron flying A52 DH 98 Mosquitos. In 1952, during the Korean War, he flew A77 Gloucester Meteors from Kimpo, South Korea with 77 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Green recalls his Test Pilot colleague, the late Bill Scott, who in 1953 was the first pilot to break "The Sound Barrier" in Australia flying an A94 Sabre. In 1955, Flight Lieutenant Green was excited by the prospect of flying the The Sabre for the first time, and still recalls the joy of flying what he describes as "A gentleman’s aircraft". "Its very comfortable" he says, "the Americans really know how to build them", they just go to a furniture store, find the most comfortable seat, and build the aircraft around it", It's a beautifully balanced aircraft in every aspect! Flight Lieutenant Green later travelled to Farnborough in the UK to undergo training at the Empire Test Pilot School. After completing the one year course he returned to Australia to operate as a test tilot at the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU), After retiring from the RAAF he flew as test pilot for Hawker De Havilland.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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Left to right, Flight Lieutenant Trent Schurmann and Flight Lieutenant Mathew Harper with the students.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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Left to right, Corporal Michael Redman, Flight Lieutenant Trent Schurmann and Flight Lieutenant Mathew Harper with the students.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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Number 77 Squadron pilots and maintenance crew members took time out from their schedule at the Avalon air show to visit children at the Starlight Express room of the Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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Number 77 Squadron pilots and maintenance crew members took time out from their schedule at the Avalon air show to visit children at the Starlight Express room of the Royal Childrens Hospital in Melbourne.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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Left to right front row, Flight Lieutenant Mathew Harper, Flight Lieutenant Trent Schurmann and Squdron leader Paul Simmons with four of the Captain Starlights.
(Date taken: 21 March 2007)
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