RAAF Radschool Magazine

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RAAF Radschool Association

Magazine

Vol 44

November, 2013

www.radschool.org.au

ABN 18 477 110 847

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Sadly, in the few months since our last issue, we have once again lost some very good mates.

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Our lovely Page 3 girl this issue is Julie Stewart.

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Drop box is a very handy tool, are touch screens here to stay and how do you add text to a pic?? Sam tells all!

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We’ve got lots of pics from Laverton, Japan, Canberra, Sale, Pearce, Ballarat and other places.

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Ted has the latest pension rates, a story on the Huey and puts to bed a bunch of Vietnam myths.

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Clarrie Stjernqvist tells us about his exciting and very satisfying career in the RAAF.

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Bonnington’s Irish Moss has been with us for quite a while, but where did it come from?

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Is religion the main cause of all wars? Allan George doesn’t think so!

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School cadets were a lot of fun – weren’t they??

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Shingles is a nasty viral condition and is on the increase in Australia.

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There has been a lot written about the Joint Strike Fighter (F35), what’s the truth??

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Now, about this global warming thing, wanna buy a bridge??

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The WRAAFs held their bi-annual reunion in Perth in October

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If you haven’t been to Pearce for a while, you wouldn’t know the place, there have been quite a few changes.

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A few blokes haven’t been as well as they could be.

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We’ve found two blokes who we’ve been looking for for some years.

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This is where you have your say. We look forward to getting your letters - so please keep them coming.

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Here’s the news, all the news, the whole news and nothing but the news.

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Index.

The Index is now finished - all references have been linked so if you're looking for a topic or a photo of someone, click on the Index link on the top of each page and just follow the links.

If you agree or disagree with anything in this Magazine - please let us know.

Click on "Contact Us" at the top of any page and have your say.

Virus.

Recently our web site was hacked and whoever did the hacking left a nasty little surprise for whoever logged on. We weren’t aware of it for a while as once the mag is finished and loaded we don’t go there much but we soon got emails telling us of the problem. We contacted out ISP and together we’ve fixed it – the site is now safe, though the Trojan wasn’t a real nasty, just a pain in the whatname. We had to delete the whole site then reload it all again but this time we’ll both keep a close eye on it so it doesn’t happen again.

At the moment a lot of the earlier editions are missing but we will get them up again shortly.

We were given an address which has a program that will check a web site before you log onto it, and if there is virus/trojan on the site it will tell you. And it’s FREE!

The site is http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/

Just log on, then type in the web address you want to check and it will do it for you – all FREE.

We’ve also been in touch with the company that hosts our site and for a fee they will monitor out site and guarantee to keep it clean. Each week they send us the following:

Your website is currently being monitored daily and we can confirm in the past seven days we have identified NO issues with your site.

Your current Website Security service includes automatic remediation and removal of identified issues if they occur. If we find a problem, we will let you know and clean it up.

So, you can now log on in the knowledge that your computer will not be affected.

Course Photos.

We intend to eventually have copies of as many RAAF courses (with names) as it is possible to obtain. When finished you will be able to search by course name and/or personal name and if your course is there, get a copy. Availability is the big problem, some photos are easy to get others we have to travel to copy but over the coming months we intend to do so. We now have most of the WRAAF course photos and names and will get them up soon. You can check what we have by going to the www.Radschool.org.au site then click “Course Photos”. If you see any errors let us know or if we're missing any names and you can provide them - please do.

Over time the list we've started will be expanded, we hope to be able to include courses that were held at Wagga, Frogers, Pt Cook, Sale etc.

Photos

Most (but not all) of the photos on our pages have been ‘crunched’ to make them open faster. If you want a copy of any in their original condition just email us, use the “Contact Us” link at the top of page, tell us which one you want (Vol and page #) and if we have a better copy we’ll email it back to you.

This edition contains a lot of photos and if your internet connection is not all that fast you will find some pages will take a while to load. If this is the case, it is best if you just open the page and wait a little while until it fully downloads before trying to navigate through it.

Merchandise.

We’ve now got a merchandise page, the link is on each page, but you can go there HERE too. If you’ve got something you want to sell, send us a photo and a description and we’ll add it to the page.

Membership.

Please check the list of names and if you’ve joined but your name isn't there, please click on the "Join the Association" tag (there's one on the top of each page) fill in the details again and send it to us. If you’re not a member and would like to be, do likewise. Membership is FREE!

Also, if you change your address, or phone numbers or email address, or you just want to say hello, or you want to give us a tongue lashing, you can do so by clicking on the "Contact Us" tag, also at the top of each page and filling in the details. It's so easy even an instrument fitter could do it, it's all done on line, no printing out forms and no postage.

Over the past couple of months we have been able to put a bunch of people in contact with long lost mates - but that's only because we have your details. Please click on the Join the Association tag and fill it in, the more people that join the more we can match up.

If you just want to get the RAM, but don’t want to join the association, that’s not a problem either. Just click on the “Contact Us” link at the top of each page and fill in the details and tell us to add your email to the list. Then whenever a new edition is released you will be advised.

We don't and won't give out your details to anyone so there is no risk of you being spammed.

Donations.

Our costs are mounting up and we're planning to make the magazine a bi-monthly, 6 editions each year instead of the 4. We now get so much material sent to us that to continue to deliver the RAM on a quarterly basis would mean it would soon go to 300 pages - and we get requests from all over the country to go and cover various Association reunions but we just don't have the funds to do that. We'd like to - but we just can't.

So!! - we're asking for donations. If you feel the RAM is a worthy magazine and you can afford to make a donation every now and then (annually??) then please do. Please be assured, this is not a requirement, if you are not able to make a donation, or don't wish to, then that is not a problem, the RAM will still be produced and you will still get it, but it probably won't be as good as it could be.

If you wish to make a donation, (any amount) please do so direct into the Radschool Association's Bank account which is:

Title: RAAF Radschool Association.

Bank: Bank of Queensland. BSB: 124-021 Account #: 1048 7401

Please put your name in the details window when you make your deposit so we know who to thank. We would prefer not to make public your donation as we feel this could cause embarrassment to those who are not able to do so.

Reunions.

If you're having a reunion and you would like us to cover it and publish it, let us know (well in advance if possible) and we'll see what can be done.

Errors

We try and make sure this magazine is as accurate as possible and that it contains no errors. If you find any, be they incorrect links, spelling mistakes, factual errors, please let us know so we can correct them. You can contact us by using the link at the top of each page.