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23.01.2022 We didn't have a presentation night this year due to lack of numbers and activities but for those who did make the effort for the past two terms, they were rewarded with a night at the flight simulator in Darling Harbour.

15.01.2022 Celebrating the women of WWII: Betty Gillies Aviator and Innovator "Betty Huyler Gillies, of Long Island New York, was the first pilot to qualify for the Wome...n's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron on September 12, 1942, making her one of the 28 "Originals". As a 14-year veteran pilot with 1,400 hours of flying time, Betty eventually became the squadron leader of the 2nd Ferrying Group based at New Castle Army Air Base, Wilmington, Delaware. In March 1943, she became the first woman to fly the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter and in April 1943, she led three other pilots in ferrying four Fairchild PT-26 Cornell trainer aircraft from Hagerstown, Maryland to Alberta, Canada. Gillies was flight leader, and the other three pilots were Nancy Batson, Helen McGilvery and Kathryn Bernheim. On 15 Aug 1943, ten days after the formation of the new Women Airforce Service Pilots organization, Nancy Harkness Love and Gillies became the first female pilots to qualify as first pilots of the B-17 Flying Fortress bombers. Betty made several fairing missions on the B-17 during her time with the WASP. Gillies remained squadron leader of the Women Airforce Service Pilots assigned to the 2nd Ferrying Group at New Castle Army Air Base until the WASPs were disbanded on December 20, 1944. Betty relocated to California with her husband Bud Gillies, vice president of the Grumman Aircraft Corporation, to raise a family of aviators. She also was quite skilled as a ham radio operator. She used her skills to connect phone calls to ships in the Pacific from her home in California. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Betty as the chairwoman of the first Federal Aviation Administration Women's Advisory Committee in 1964." (ww2db.com) Betty passed away on October 14, 1998 at the age of 90 in San Diego, California. Her legacy and love of aviation lives on through her children and grandchildren as many are accomplished pilots and aviators. Lest We Forget. #ww2uncovered #worldwar2history #ww2 #GreatestGeneration #WWIIveteran #WWII #HeroesInUniform #lestweforget #usairforce #WorldWarII #ww2history #ww2veteran #remember #neverforgotten #neverforget #wwiihistory #usa #womanpilot #ww2pilots #femalepilots #longisland #sandiego #WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory Original description and photo sourced by ww2db, www.af.mil, US Air Force Museum and ancestry.com

15.01.2022 A Louis Vuitton bag for Air League.

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Squadron Sergeant Jonathon Mayorga who was recognised today as Liverpool City Council’s Young Citizen of the Year! This is a fantastic achiev...ement acknowledging Jonathon’s dedication and commitment shown over the last seven years he has been a member of the league! #lovelivo #cadets #moorebankblackbirds See more

11.01.2022 Watch out for those loose bananas in space.

11.01.2022 How cool is this.

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06.01.2022 SPITFIRE FIX!! 5 flights in 2 minutes. A bit of a test video. As people hate the noise of "a bag of spanners in a washing machine" I have added some ground base...d Spitfire soundtrack to my Spitfire clips. I'm in, In order of appearance, MT818, PV202, SM520, NH341 and MJ627. Hope you enjoy :) See more

05.01.2022 Happy Birthday to Geoffrey Large, who turned 100 last week. At age 16, Geoffrey joined the GPO as a Trainee Telephone Engineer based in the Victoria Telephone E...xchange, London. During the early part of WWII, he managed to dodge the bombs whilst repairing telephone lines. He even had to clear a fault on a top-secret phone line at Whitehall. Geoffrey joined the RAF in 1941 and completed his flying training in Canada in July 1942, learning on single engine Tiger Moths, before progressing to twin engine Airspeed Oxfords. After receiving his wings, he was posted to Dorval Airport, Montreal, HQ of the then RAF Ferry Command, for transatlantic ferrying duties. He delivered new American aircraft to the UK, via the Ascension Island to West Africa and the Middle East. Happy Birthday, Geoffrey. See more

05.01.2022 Elizabeth L. Remba Gardner, of Rockford, Illinois, Class 43-W-6 WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) at the controls of a Martin B-26 'Marauder' medium bomber. H...arlingen Army Air Field, Texas. 1943 (Aged 22) About Me and My Experiences "My name is Elizabeth L. Gardner, or for short, Libby Gardner. I am a pilot for the Women Aircraft Service Planes. a.k.a. WASP, which is considered a civil service. Before the war, I was a housewife and a mother who stayed home to take care of my family. I was called to duty when the war started to learn how to test planes, instruct pilots, tow targets used for anti-aircraft artillery practice, and assemble planes. I was grateful for the opportunity because it made my childhood dreams of flying and fascinations with planes a reality. I work 7 days out of the week and some of those days happen to be better than others. When I first started learning, I was eager and nervous and also had two days of training under Lieutenant Col. Paul Tibbets who later commanded the B-29 that dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima. The training consisted of three phases; primary, basic, and advanced. On the days that we have check rides, a lot of pressure can be put on us women, and we feel that we must make a name for ourselves in this industry. I had a check ride the other day, and I must say that things did not go so well for me that day. The man testing me was very quiet and sarcastic and did not give me much information or say a lot to let me know how I was doing. I would make mistakes as turning to far out or using too much rudder on the turns; I did my best to relax, but his sarcastic remarks did not make it easy and different items in my performance were still sloppy including my stalls. The only good thing that came from that test was my landing; it was possible that he would give me credit for that, but instead he stepped out of the airplane without saying a word about whether or not I passed. I held back my tears. The opportunity is wonderful, and I love doing this every day. (Colorized by Cândido Augusto from Brazil)

03.01.2022 Unfortunately our Bunnings BBQ was a bit of a bust due to 40C temperature and blustering gales blowing everything around making it dangerous at times and because of this, we closed up early with permission from Bunnings for safety reasons. Thanks so much to everyone who came along and helped out on the day. Each and every one of you deserves a medal for putting up with the heat and wind on the day when so many others didn't. Thanks to all of you for your efforts and I hope that next year will be more favourable to us in many ways. Thanks again.