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February 2018 February 2018 Welcome back to our regulars and a very warm welcome aboard to our new recruits. We are finding that some of our new recruits have some great stories to tell. Sincere thanks to our regular contributors, Gary Martinic, Chris Meuzelaar and Paul Rosenzweig for their continued support. You can read an article from Paul on 6 Wing activities in this edition. There are some great insights out there showing the work the AAFC Staff and Cadets are doing and it is not just the average home Squadron activities. Thanks also to our dedicated supporters of the Quiz. Without them we wouldn’t know if our magazine was getting out. We have discussed the continuation of the magazine. Is it worth continuing? We really don’t know if it is being read or if we have lost our way. We have sent out over 25 editions of the Magazine and we really need to know if it is worth the effort for a couple of people. We would welcome your comment, and/or some articles of interest. UPDATE ON AAFC ANNUAL HERITAGE WRITING COMPETITION As forecast in the November edition of the Air Cadets Alumni e-Mag, an annual Heritage Writing Competition has been organised and managed by your Alumni Committee. The competition is supported by CAF and was launched by the AAFC Commander on 18 November 2017. See the AAFC Commander’s video message here. In this inaugural year of the competition, entry is restricted to current AAFC staff and cadets and there are cash and other prizes to be won. In future years, we may look at widening the categories of entry. You can read more about the competition here. If you know any AAFC staff or cadets, please pass on this information to them and encourage them to enter the competition. If you like what you read in your magazine, you are most welcome to share and invite your friends who are ex Cadet or Staff members to join. If you don’t like what you are reading please tell us, [email protected] We hope that our magazine can remind you of your time in our great organization. We are always on the lookout for articles and photographs that you may like to share. Please update your email address when you change providers Perhaps it may change when you go to NBN. We understand that you may be accessing the newsletter from the web site, but sometimes we just might like to contact you direct. In particular, those who have a Cadetnet or Defence email address may have trouble with our emails. You might like to check with your friends to see if they have been getting our emails. Our regular Newsletter is sent by email at 1000 on 1 November, 1 February, 1 May and 1 August. Registration is FREE and is open to all ex Cadets, ex Staff, current Staff, both uniform and civilian. We also invite our friends from likeminded organizations. In this edition, we continue with aviation stories, work that our alumni are up to and an insight to what our current cadets are doing. We will endeavour to keep you informed about activities as we hear of them from the Wings or through the grapevine of facebook. You can help us out if you hear of news from the Wings. It has been disappointing to see that very few are going to Squadron Graduation parades and Promotion Course Grads. Is it the lack of invitations going out? I know for one, I make an effort to get invited. Sometimes it backfires and I finish up reviewing the parade. Once again, we have our quiz for your interest and hopefully this Quiz will appeal to you. We are still only getting responses from one or two each edition. Is it all worthwhile? Thanks to Mick Gilbert and Rob Nieuwenhoven for their continued support. At least we know that some of our magazine is being read. My sincere thanks to those who have taken the time to provide material and feedback. We have a couple of regular readers who help out with spotting material that may interest one or two of our alumni. Your feedback helps to shape the content we include in each edition so please keep it coming. We look forward to your contribution. We have been trying to increase our exposure and possible increase our membership. To that end, we have made contact with numerous Aviation Museums, Aviation organizations and Airlines. We have offered to provide some space in our newsletters to showcase their operations while at the same time, they display our material. We have links to three more Aviation Museums in this edition. If you think you have missed out on some of the earlier Alumni Newsletters, the good news is you haven’t! They are available on the Air Cadets Alumni website, www.aircadetsalumni.org.au and go to the Bulletin Board. John Griffiths, MBE Alumni Director Contents Regular Features ..................................................................................... 4 Ordering Information – 75 years Aloft ........................................................................................ 4 November Quiz Questions and Answers ...................................................................................... 5 Letters ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Now back to our roots .............................................................................. 26 What are our Alumni up to? ...................................................................... 27 AAFC Centenary Project ........................................................................................................... 27 August 2017 : 2 Membership Leads .................................................................................................................... 28 Time Capsule - The Gregory Family ......................................................................................... 28 Battle of Britain Tours ............................................................................................................... 28 Upcoming Events .................................................................................... 29 Stories of Interest.................................................................................... 29 Thanks to Martin Baker ............................................................................................................. 29 The Story of Dudley Marrows ................................................................................................... 29 Alpha Jetman ............................................................................................................................ 30 Handling the P-38 J ................................................................................................................... 30 Ready for some Top Gun Action? ............................................................................................. 30 F15, F16 and A10...................................................................................................................... 30 F-16 Air to Air Refuelling Ride-Along Flite Test ...................................................................... 30 What our Cadets are up to ........................................................................ 31 COMPLETION OF STAGE ONE OF THE NEW TOASTMASTERS...................................... 31 SELF DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS INITIATIVE. ........................... 31 6 WING CADETS, IN THE AIR AND ON AIR ....................................................................... 34 6 WING CADETS HONOUR THE FALLEN ........................................................................... 41 50 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE .................................................................................. 41 Mr Robert Moore OAM AMRAeS ............................................................................................ 41 LEARNING TO FLY IN THE FUN WAY ............................................................................... 42 And our Ex Cadets .................................................................................................................... 43 A CADETS LIFE in 5 minutes .................................................................................................. 43 Feedback .............................................................................................. 44 Keep in Touch // 2017 + Beyond ............................................................................................... 44 Don’t forget to update your email address when NBN comes to you ......................................... 46 August 2017 : 3 Regular Features Ordering Information – 75 years Aloft 75 Years Aloft: Royal Australian Air Force Air Training Corps: Australian Air Force Cadets, 1941-2016 available via This book celebrates 75 years of Air Force cadet activity in Australia, 1941-2016. The organisation has had a tremendous impact upon the lives of tens-of-thousands of Australians over our 75 year history. Since 1982 it has enhanced the lives of young women as well as men. The book begins in WWII with the need to pre-train capable and committed “keen lads”. Over 30,000 Australian boys were air cadets 1941-1945 with almost 13,000 going on to active service in the war. Air Force cadets survived into peacetime to become an aviation focussed youth development organisation, providing flying training in a military atmosphere with the aim of inspiring cadets to join the RAAF. There are currently over 8,000 Air Force cadets and adult staff around Australia. Aviation centred youth development in a RAAF service environment remains our central focus. Hardcover (case wrap): AU$38.24
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