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Frank Wainman, Cooranbong’s intrepid aviator

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:June 20, 2021
Post category:History Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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In my collecting travels I have sometimes found interesting real-photo postcards depicting aerial views of parts of the Hunter Region and Central Coast - mostly in the 1960s - with…

Planespotters on the job in World War 2

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:May 18, 2021
Post category:History Militaria
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ONE of Australia's military problems in World War 2 was trying to keep track of the movements of large numbers of aircraft over the giant land-mass. Planes, both friendly and…

Melbourne Argus clipping of the pilotless plane incident

The runaway plane and a midair collision: a bad month at Bankstown Airport, August 1955

Post author:Greg Ray
Post published:January 17, 2021
Post category:History Miscellaneous
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August 1955 was an eventful and tragic month at Sydney's Bankstown Airport. On August 12 an Auster monoplane (VH-AAL) and a Tiger Moth biplane (VH- APF) collided about 100m from…