Considering Your Options.
(Image: ATSB) Considering Your Options. They say that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line – or at least a great circle as we navigate the globe. However, while geometrically efficient, the straight line may not always be the best strategy in …
Silent Witnesses.
Beaufort A9-557. (Image: AWM) Silent Witnesses. In their prime these two aircraft filled the air with the sound of their engines. Now, they are silent witnesses to past battles and the stories of those men that flew them. As I delve deeper into the research …
San Francisco. A Second Home?
San Francisco. A Second Home? Only a sliver of moon was reflecting the sun’s rays and soon that glow would also slip away into the night. There was just enough light to see the cloud tops a few thousand feet below as we peered out …
ANZAC Day. Surrounded by Service.
ANZAC Day. Surrounded by Service. Another ANZAC Day has passed. The alarm stirred me at 2:45am as our son was in the Catafalque Party, standing guard for the Dawn Service. Then there was a march through city streets and another cenotaph and another service. As …
Forays into Film.
Forays into Film. As they say, blink and you’ll miss it. That is the best way to describe my film credit in the National Geographic IMAX production, “Living in the Age of Airplanes”. The movie was a massive undertaking by Brian Terwilliger of “One Six …
More Than a Flight. The Air Mail Centenary.
More Than a Flight. The Air Mail Centenary In 2014 I was honoured to lead a flight to commemorate the centenary of air mail in Australia. Here are some words I wrote about a flight that will long live in my memory and served to …
A Veteran’s Story.
A Veteran’s Story. (Image: Defence) In working with the RAAF History and Heritage branch, I was asked to compile this story for Defence from recollections captured by Monte Wilson. I have reproduced the article here but the link to the Defence website with additional images …
Living and Learning.
Living and Learning. I am often contacted by the parents of children with a passion for aviation and seek to pursue a career among the clouds. Without attempting to dampen that passion, I remind them that it is a vocation in which you never stop …
Small Wins.
Small Wins. I have just run my first road race since my major cardiac surgery late in 2022. I’ve been a regular at the gym since then but stepping out with other runners where hills have replaced the treadmill’s constant and subtle incline is a …
Risk.
Risk. I recently took a ride in a “Waymo” in San Francisco. What’s a Waymo? Well, a Waymo is like an Uber…..but without a driver. I was keen to see the new technology at work, particularly as it navigated the busy streets of the bay …
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