Mach One

Nov 08 2024 63 ep. 30 mins 12
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Mach One...conversations at the speed of sound! Preserving Australia's aviation heritage. Join us in The Hangar https://themachonehangar.wordpress.com
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Afterburn 03

Nov 08 2024 6 mins  
In this Mach One Afterburn, you'll hear a snippet of my conversation from April 2022 with Air Traffic Controller Naomi MacQueen, recorded airside at Sunshine Coast Airport YBSU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep.58: Relentless Skies - the Most Efficient Airman

Nov 06 2024 50 mins  
QAM Curator of the Don Bennett Archive, Ian Campbell and Garry Hills discuss Don Bennett's pivotal role in establishing the Atlantic Ferry (later RAF Ferry Command) during World War 2 as a glimpse into the life of Bennett the Australian airman and leader.'Relentless Skies: the Most Efficient Airman' is the first of a 2 volume series on Bennett - the first biography of Bennett in 30

Afterburn 02

Nov 01 2024 5 mins  
An excerpt from episode 15 (May 2022) describing the beginnings of the Queensland Air Museum from when the idea was conceived in the early 1970's through to the relocation to Caloundra in 1986. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep.57: Jindivik - 'The Hunted One'

Oct 30 2024 31 mins  
QAM volunteer Assistant Conservation and Restoration Manager and Past President describes his experiences as an RAAF instrument fitter working on the WRE unmanned target jet aircraft, the GAF Jindivik. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Afterburn 01

Oct 24 2024 4 mins  
In this Mach One Afterburn, retired RAAF Wing Commander Phil Andrews describes an incident while on exercise over the Pacific involving an RAAF Lockheed Neptune and a Japanese submarine. You can hear the full episode - Mach One Episode 12: Lockheed Neptune Part 2 from April 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. 56: Buried Treasure

Oct 23 2024 29 mins  
Mt. Gambier Aviation Museum Chair, Chris Holden introduces us to the new venture and talks about the buried treasure at Mt. Gambier aerodrome, the home of No.2 Air Observers School, RAAF Mount Gambier (2AOS), officially formed on 6 February 1941 which provided training for over 4000 Air Observers, Navigators and Wireless Operators, many of whom served with RAF Bomber Command.

Ep. 55: 'Free from the Bonds of the Earth' - the Australian Air League

Oct 16 2024 38 mins  
The Australian Air League (AAL) was formed 90 years ago in 1934. What is the Air League doing today? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. 54: Barry 'Baz' Collins

Oct 08 2024 36 mins  
From Air Force navigator and pilot to commercial captain and now glider pilot and instructor, Baz is now a volunteer QAM tour guide SimGuide in the QAM B737-800 cockpit simulator.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. 53: "Spinning inverted - we are ejecting"

Oct 01 2024 35 mins  
In this very special episode, we hear the story, in his own words, of RAF fighter reconnaissance pilot and instructor, W. G. Netherton and his trainee pilot Paul Fisher, who were forced to elect from their out-of-control Folland Gnat jet trainer. In the studio with me is QAM volunteer guide and retired RAF fighter pilot, John Lloyd, providing expert context and Kit Netherton's daug

Ep. 52: Matt Denning's Boomerangs pt.2.

Sep 25 2024 31 mins  
Matt Denning continues his workshop hangar tour and describes his Boomerang projects and what the lovingly-restored Boomerang is like to fly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.