“What do I do if I miss?” asked the young Englishman. His name was Bob Doe, a fresh faced, 20 year old replacement pilot for No 234 Squadron, RAF. It was mid August, 1940, and the Battle of Britain was beginning to heat up. The man to whom he had addressed the question was the

Mark Di Felice and Dean Smith from East Doncaster in Victoria are keen readers of “On the Airbands”. They found this item from the Moorabbin airwaves amusing, and believe you may enjoy it also. Mark and Dean were flying at the time themselves on a local trip near Moorabbin Airport. The day was pretty terrible

Glasair Ii S In my concluding remarks on the story of the construction of a composite kit Glasair by Jake and Barbara Jansen of Canberra, I expressed the hope that I would be able to con a ride when it was finished. Recently I had that pleasure. As the aircraft was still undergoing calibration trials,

Raaf Ready Reserve Has Mainly Become The Province Of Airfield Defence Guards Airfield defence is the key component of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Ready Reserve; but less widely known is that it also contains 44 Ready Reservists aircrew. Now in its third year, the Air Force Ready Reserve, with a target strength of 450