The story of the RAN’s ‘straight deck’ carriers and how to land on them can be found here.
Sadly, we wish to advise that Fleet Air Arm veteran, CMDR Warren Hamlyn, passed away 8th March 2024. Warren, who was born in Waverley on 2nd July 1940, joined the RAN as a Supplementary List Midshipman in February of 1963 and four months after his basic training at...
The Annual General Meeting of NSW Division and the Election of Office Bearers for the coming year will be held on SATURDAY 16th March 2024 COMMENCING AT 1200 AT THE WHITE ENSIGN CLUB HMAS ALBATROSS (on the western side of the Fleet Air Arm Museum). All Members are...
We have been advised of the death of ex-CPOATA Alan Hill, late of the Gold Coast, on 17 December 2023. He was 92 years old. Alan served in the FAA from 1949 to 1975 , in early days of Fireflys then Venoms and later Skyhawks. He served on all three RAN carriers, Sydney...
