34 Mirage Conversion Course
L-R: Geoff Sheehan, Sean Trestrail, John Blackburn, Bob ‘V8′ Veneziani (Brian ‘Jack’ Plenty also started on our course but decided to fly Caribou’s)
95 Pilots Course - Graduation
The night of our graduation ceremony at 2FTS RAAF Pearce with Sir Charles Court.
L-R: Chris ‘Noddy’ Sawade, Geoff Sheehan, Ross ‘Wombat’ Birch, Phil ‘the Greek’ Carkagis, Steve Byrnes, Bob ‘the Baron’ Harvey, Tim Sloane, Sean Trestrail, Bob ‘BJ’ Jenkins, John Blackburn, Tony ‘Volley’ Vollebregt, Brad Johns, Mrs. Court, Peter ‘Brum’ Watson, Markus Khoo, Sir Charles Court, Mick ‘Navy’ Maher, Col ‘Chuck’ Mitchell, John Payne
95 Pilots Course - Just Prior to Wings Test
95 Pilots Course during the period where we were about to do our FIHT and Wings Test:
Backrow (L-R): Col ‘Chuck’ Mitchell, John ‘Horrie’ Lindgren, Brad Johns, John ‘Herbie’ Herbertson, Phil ‘the Greek’ Carkagis
Middle Row (L-R): John ‘JB’ Blackburn, Markus Khoo, Tim Sloane, Bob ‘the Baron’ Harvey, Sean Trestrail, John Payne, Peter ‘Brum’ Watson, Bob ‘BJ’ Jenkins, ‘Gus’ McClure
Front Row (L-R): Ross ‘Wombat’ Birch, Steve Byrnes, Mick ‘Navy’ Maher, Chris ‘Noddy’ Sawade, Geoff Sheehan, Tony ‘Volley’ Vollebregt
(John Lindgren and Gus McClure did not graduate)
RAAF Pictures
Here are some pictures I’ve collected from my days in the RAAF.
Petrol
Sails
This is an experimental photo of the sails covering our balcony. I’m trying to relearn how to use my camera.
JESS Favourite Aircraft
The P-40 was my late Father’s favourite aircraft to fly during WWII.
Work Today …
Perspective
To give some idea to perspective this is a great series of images that show the size of the Earth relative to the other planets in the solar system, and then goes on to relate the size of the Sun to other stars.
And to provide some a further idea of the scale of things. If the Earth were the size of a basketball, the atmosphere on Earth would be, on the basketball, the thickness of a coat of varnish.
The Kennedy Family Home
This is a picture of the Kennedy family home, Culzean Castle, near Turnberry, Ayrshire in Scotland. It was donated to the National Trust in the 1940’s.
