The RAAF Museum's annual George Merz Lecture F-111

[DesTROYer]

The Friends of the RAAF Museum's annual George Merz Lecture will be held at the RAAF Museum on Friday 30 October 2015. The subject of the lecture is the wonderful F-111. Details are on the Friends website. Cost of ticket which includes refreshments is $10 per ticket. Starts at 7:00 at Point Cook in the Strike Hanger.

http://www.friendsraafmuseum.org.au

Guest presenters:
AVM Dave Rogers AM (retd)
AIRCDRE Mark Lax OAM, CSM

I know its the start of the long weekend, but I've booked and am looking forward to it.

[Adam the Akrodude]

That will be a cracker of a talk! Closest I got to a 111 was sitting in the ARDU bird many years ago. I'll try to make this one. Thanks for the heads up!

Cheers

Adam

[DesTROYer]

You need to book, no walk ups. And I've been told bring a camera for some very close up photos of the A/C.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Cheers Troy. I'll check with the "boss" on a leave pass next Friday! PCK is such a special place - love visiting there.

[DesTROYer]

It was a great night and I took heaps of photos, but can't upload them until my computer finishes its update.

Wish I had brought my copy of "controversy to cutting edge" as the author was one of the speakers. Very informative night.

[DesTROYer]

Here's a link to my new Pics.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1185806564769416&type=1



Unfortunately some are a little blurry as lighting was poor.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Sadly I had to miss this Just too much happening at home to get away Friday night. Glad you had a great time Troy. I've been lucky enough to have a chat to a couple of ex-111 pilots over the years. One I once competed with in Intermediate at a aerobatic comp. He showed me just how Intermediate should be flown, unlike my very "average" attempts! . It was like he was on rails such was the precision of his flying. On the ground under the shade of a wing he told he almost killed himself and his Nav at Red Flag by almost flying into a hill once. Such is the mental workload at this exercise. I will always be impressed by just how big the 111 is - what a machine it was!

Thanks very much for the pic's too!

Cheers

Adam

[Tony P]

Apparently you have to be a "Friend" of the Museum to get into these lectures now.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Apparently you have to be a "Friend" of the Museum to get into these lectures now.

Didn't know that. Probably done to control/limit numbers at PCK. Can't blame the museum for doing this. I just joined - seems good value at $30! I regret missing that lecture! Dad had to take a "hit" for the fam that night!

[DesTROYer]

Apparently you have to be a "Friend" of the Museum to get into these lectures now.

I am not a "Friend" of the Museum, yet, though it is something I plan to be next year, and I had no problem buying a ticket and they knew I wasn't a member when I booked.