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Event description Naval Flight Test: Get an insight into Ship Helicopter Operating Limits with RAN Flight Test Engineers LCDR Ben Hammond & LEUT Dave Vaughan About this event The Melbourne Branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society is pleased to announce our next hybrid event with LCDR Ben Hammond & Once again, our intent is to have a hybrid event with Webinar and In-Person options. Presentation Overview The Royal Australian Navy (RAN), through the Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trials Unit (AMAFTU) has been conducting maritime flight test since 1964. Join Qualified Test Pilot Li...

From the Archives, 1971: Bankstown paddock hides secret RAAF headquarters We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss From the Archives, 1971: Bankstown paddock hides secret RAAF headquarters 50 years ago, a secret underground military base dating from World War II, in near perfect condition, was uncovered in suburban Bankstown. By Staff reporter Normal text size ‘Airborne’— under the earth Paddock hides secret RAAF HQ One of the best secrets of the RAAF —a three-storey operations headquarters beneath the surface of a Bankstown paddock — was...

I don't understand how this could possibly happen. i have talked to maine lobstermen and they are scratching their heads. don't we have sailors on the bridge with binoculars anymore? >> many watch officers are exhausted. chief of naval operations admitted many sailors are working 100 hour weeks. >> i think i know what 100 hours a week does to people over time. when someone is working 100 hours a week, over a period of time, they are going to make mistakes. >> for mccain, this is a personal one. one of the two destroyers that crashed was named for his father and grandfather. the navy is down to...

Throughout the nation. >> jon: the senate armed services committee today hearing major testimony from richard spencer and john richardson on collisions involving navy warships that resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors. jennifer griffin is monitoring and she's live now from the pentagon. >> that hearing is still ongoing, but just before the hearing began, fox news learned the outgoing head of the navy surface forces tom roden sent a new message to the fleet recommending all navy ships keep their automatic identification systems on while operating at a shipping lanes. while it would alert potent...