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Vol 60 Dec 2017 Sadly in the few Our lovely Page 3 months since our girl this issue is last issue, we have Alison Cridland once again lost and we have lots some very good of old time pics. mates. See Page 3. See Page 2 Pete Griffiths sent Driverless cars are us some great coming, could they pics of Vung Tau, be hacked and and John Jackson what effect will they sent us some have? great pics of Penang. See Page 4 See Page 5 Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 Ted has just Ian “Tiny” completed an anti- Ashbrook clockwise tour of completes his Oz, and he’s got story, this time as some good info on a Mister, having DVA. left the RAAF. See Page 6 See Page 7 The CVT gear- Back in 1966, two box is becoming of the RAF’s jet the norm – how trainers met in mid- does it work?. air, Alan Reed sent The RAAF is us the story and replacing its DVA Qld celebrated Orions with the Christmas. new P8. See Page 8 See Page 9 Remembrance Day Vet’s health, was celebrated at transgender the Caloundra RSL. facts, shingles, The Army is having HIV and stress trouble with its management and Tigres. more! See Page 10 See Page 11. Jeff remembers his How Australians time flying the old avoided a Caribou in Vietnam massacre at Nui back in 1966/67 Le. The REOA and a C-141 had a (Qld) held their close one at last meeting for Richmond. the year. See Page 12 See Page 13 B Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 5 Sqn celebrated the 100th year of The Viet their formation at a Community (Qld) function in held a beauty Canberra. contest. See Page 14. See Page 15 “Four engines have stopped”. John was flying one of several Lincolns which were hunting subs when one Sick parade. aircraft had a very worrying See Page 17 experience. Air India had one they wished they hadn’t. See Page 16 This is where you We’re looking for a have your say. few people, We look forward perhaps you can to hearing from help?? you. Page 18 Page 19 Here’s the news, all the news, the whole Index. news and nothing but the news. The Index is now finished - all references have been linked so if you're looking for a topic or a Page 20 photo of someone, click on the Index link on the top of each page and just follow the links. Early Editions. We’ve fixed the early editions that had “dropped off”, you can now access every edition from number 1 (back in May 1999) onwards. And the index has been updated too. C Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 Opinion. We’re noticing the growing disquiet amongst our readers on the way the ADF seems to be heading. A lot of people are concerned that the ADF is being politicalised and is being pushed much too far to the left. Political correctness seems to have taken front of stage at the expense of “readiness”. On one hand we have a group of blokes and blokettes who are trained on ways to kill the bad guys yet on the other hand are being trained to respect each other’s inner-self. We feel all this “softly softly” stuff will end badly and while it might give the chiefs a warm inner glow, when push comes to shove, and it will, it will hit the fan big time. D Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 Membership. We’ve decided to go with the following membership. • 1 year’s full membership for $12.00. (now till 30 June 2018) • Full membership for $45.00 to 30 June 2021. Annual Membership will run from July one year to June the next, with this year’s annual membership now expiring in June 2018. As we’ve said, full membership is not compulsory, you can still receive the RAM which will remain open, free and available on the net. So, if you’d like to contribute and help us with the ever increasing costs, please join as a full member. If you are already a member (ie: if your name is on this LIST), please fill in the form below and send it to us, if you haven’t already joined (if you're not on the list), please use the form HERE. First name: Surname: Your email address: Membership type: Your State: Sum transferred: $ Submit Please transfer your joining contribution to: BSB: 124-021 Account number: 1048 7401 Title: RAAF Radschool Association. Bank: Bank of Queensland. and include your name in the "Remarks" window on the deposit. You can of course pay more if you wish!! AND!! If you work for a firm that would be kind and generous enough to sponsor the Radschool Association, please get in touch. E Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 RAM thought for the day. Somewhere, someone is happy with far less than you have. Cisco. If you’re using Cisco “Advanced Malware Protection” (AMP) I would strongly suggest you dump it and get a program that actually works. Cisco issue false positives, they will brand a web site as containing Malware and even though they know it to be incorrect, will not amend their branding. If you’re using Cisco and you try and log onto the Radschool Site, you will get the message below. We’ve been onto them trying to get that false warning removed and this is their answer: “Thank you for your email. I was able to open your website (see attached screenshot) and I see nothing suspicious in it. However if any user of Cisco Security equipment faces any issues with accessing your website, he should directly contact us to verify why the website has been added and if it was added by mistake to be removed from there. To open a case with Cisco we must be contacted by owner of Cisco Security equipment. If you own such you may open a case with us. If not, you should advise whoever send you the screenshot from your first email to contact us directly ([email protected]) with a request for your website to be removed from the Suspicious list. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.” Kind regards F Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 Garo Cisco.com support.” Even though they acknowledge their warning is wrong, they won’t remove it unless/until we are a paid up user. Well, news for them, we wouldn’t give them a cent and we suggest you don’t either, switch over to a proper and reputable program, such as Malwarebytes and you’ll be far better off. Merry Christmas. To one and all, we here at the RAM wish you and yours a very Happy, Healthy and Merry Christmas, we hope your time off is relaxing and you have a wonderful and prosperous New Year. Errors Our aim is to have this site error free – but that’s probably impossible. But with your help I reckon we can get pretty close. If you see any errors, be they punctuation, spelling, links that don’t work, facts wrong etc, (no matter how small) please let us know so we can fix them. G Vol 60 The RAM Page 1 This page left blank. H Vol 60 Page 2 IN MEMORY OF Martin Lunn. Bernie Culey advises that Martin died on the morning of the 1st October at Greenslopes Hospital in Brisbane after a year’s battle with pancreatic cancer which eventually spread throughout his body. “Spike” as he was known to most people, graduated from 63 Teleg’s course. In 1962, following a stint at 3 Telu at Pearce he spent 3 years at Little Sai Wan Hong Kong. He left the RAAF in 1967 and established his own Cold Room manufacturing business and the name” Hales and Lunn” can be seen on many a cold room door throughout Australia. His funeral Mass was held at St Catherine's, Moggill, on Wednesday, 11th October. Wal Curtis. We heard from Clare Curtis, she said: “Wal passed away on the 22nd April 2012, and was given a Guard of Honour by 79Sqn Ubon Group, it was very moving, and I often still think of it. I must apologise, I thought back in 2012 when I was notifying all who knew Wal that I had covered all his known contacts. Unfortunately, I am not a lover of the month of April, Wal's passing, then ANZAC day and his birthday 26th April. They say time heals, but I still have to deal with it. Both Wal and I always attended the Dawn Service, until he could no longer deal with it. I still have contact with the guys from 79Sqn, the Gunnies and the gang from RAEME (Army).” AVM (Retd) Brenton Espeland. Carl Schiller advises the passing of AVM (Retd) Brent Espeland, AM, National President of the Air Force Association A Vol 60 Page 2 Brent passed away peacefully on the 29th September following a short battle with cancer. He was a distinguished leader with high personal values and a compassionate heart. He had a leadership style that encouraged people to work with him. He was concerned with veterans’ welfare and worked in a voluntary capacity in many organisations where he could contribute to achieving better outcomes for all veterans, regardless of Service. Despite his illness, Brent continued to work in this capacity whenever he could. The world has lost a great man, but he will not be forgotten by those who shared his life with him.