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Mach One episodes

  • Ep.32: Ejecting from an RAAF F-111

    RAAF Pilot, Air Vice-Marshal (ret) David Rogers and Navigator, Air Commodore (ret) Peter Growder talk about the day they were forced to eject from their stricken F-111.


    USAF F-111 Crew Module Escape System film (1968)

    https://youtu.be/F7O5lL8gPw0

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    45 min
  • Ep.31: 100 year-old Merv Draffin (RAAF WWII Pilot)

    Centenarian Merv Draffin (RAAF Pilot) chats with RAAF AVM (ret) David Dunlop and Mach One host Garry Hills about flying the Vickers Wellington and the C47 Dakota with No. 99 Squadron RAF during World War Two.


    This is an excerpt from Merv's Oral History interview.

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    26 min
  • Ep.30: The Canberra Bomber Part 2

    In this second of two episodes featuring the GAF Canberra, RAAF Air Commodore (ret.,) and QAM Volunteer Peter Growder and Warrant Officer (ret.,) Steel Rudd talk about their experience with Australia's Canberra bombers, focussing on their service in the Vietnam War in 1968 and 1969. In the previous episode they began their stories.


    Music

    "Alex Productions - Legends" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0).

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_...

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/xw2fA5KfrBo


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    31 min
  • Bonus: Helicopter Pilot Vignettes
    Two of the Queensland Air Museum volunteer guides who are helicopter pilots share some brief insights into their flying careers and the helicopters that will be open for display at the QAM Helicopters Open Day on January 21st, 2023.

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    8 min
  • Ep. 29: The Canberra Bomber Part 1

    In this first of two episodes featuring the GAF Canberra, RAAF Air Commodore (ret.,) and QAM Volunteer Peter Growder and Warrant Officer (ret.,) Steel Rudd talk about their experience with Australia's Canberra bombers, focussing on their service in the Vietnam War in 1968 and 1969. In the next episode they'll both be back to continue their stories.


    Music

    "Alex Productions - Legends" is under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0).

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_...

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/xw2fA5KfrBo



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    35 min
  • Ep.28: "This Morning I Walked Out on the Wings of the Orion"

    In this episode, we welcome Sunshine Coast Deputy Mayor Rick Baberowski and Sunshine Coast Councillor Terry Landsberg to the studio for a 'thank you' chat, then we hear from 20 year-old restorations volunteer and RAAF hopeful, Emily Hocking along with QAM Restoration and Conservation Manager, Rick Wilkins.


    Music:


    Kevin MacLeod - "Stay the Course"

    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course/


    "Arthur Vyncke - Breaking the siege" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-siege

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    32 min
  • Ep.27: Scouts Queensland Air Activities Weekend

    The Qld Air Museum recently hosted the 2022 Qld Scouts Air Activities Weekend. Hear from the Scouts and their leaders themselves about the fun, educational and inspirational activities they enjoyed!


    Music:


    Kevin MacLeod - "Stay the Course"

    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course/


    "Arthur Vyncke - Breaking the siege" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-siege

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    29 min
  • Ep.26: Lockheed AP-3C Orion Part 3

    QAM volunteer Ted Gray describes the arduous, but 'exciting' process of a team of volunteers dismantling the huge aircraft after its final flight; trucking it along a busy highway and reassembling it for display.


    Music:


    Kevin MacLeod - "Stay the Course"

    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course/


    "Arthur Vyncke - Breaking the siege" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-siege

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min
  • Ep.25: Lockheed AP-3C Orion Part 2

    In this episode, you'll hear cockpit recordings of the SAR mission conducted in January 1997 by Orion A9-760 in response to distress beacons from two round-the-world yachtsmen who foundered in high seas in the Southern Ocean as well as the reflections of two QAM volunteers whose RAAF careers qualify them to be caretakers of the QAM Orion - one, Chris Buley, an Aircraft Technician, the other, Peter Scovell, a Flight Engineer.


    Music:


    Kevin MacLeod - "Stay the Course"

    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course/


    "Arthur Vyncke - Breaking the siege" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-siege

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  • Ep.24: Lockheed AP-3C Orion Part 1

    Former Air Force and Commercial pilot Maurice Ritchie, now a QAM Guide, describes his recollections of operating in the RAAF AP-3C Orion Maritime Surveillance and Anti-submarine warfare aircraft. This is the first of a three-part special focus on the Orions and on QAM's Orion - A9-760.


    Music:


    Kevin MacLeod - "Stay the Course"

    https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course/


    "Arthur Vyncke - Breaking the siege" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license

    Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-siege

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    25 min

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