Aviators in Australia Day Awards
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Aviators in Australia Day Awards
Sincere congratulations to John Freeman and Barry Lodge for their Medals (AOM) Order of Australia in the 2008 list.
John Freeman's was for work done in the Agricultural Flying Industry (Low Flying) and Barry Lodge's was for service to the RFDS.
Both pilots are well known in South Australia.
The full citations are listed here:
http://www.gg.gov.au/res/File/PDFs/h...final)-web.pdf
John Freeman's was for work done in the Agricultural Flying Industry (Low Flying) and Barry Lodge's was for service to the RFDS.
Both pilots are well known in South Australia.
The full citations are listed here:
http://www.gg.gov.au/res/File/PDFs/h...final)-web.pdf
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Congratulations to both gentlemen. John did a low level approval for me when I was training for my first job many years ago. Even though I now fly nowhere near the ground (apart from takeoff and landing!), I still remember alot of what he taught me.
Always good to see people recogonised for their efforts in the aviation industry.
Better than some public servant or politician who has spent his life doing sweet F@@k all.
I still thought David Hicks would have got for Australian of the year and Bindi Irwin or Corey from Narre warren would have been junior Australian of the year.
Better than some public servant or politician who has spent his life doing sweet F@@k all.
I still thought David Hicks would have got for Australian of the year and Bindi Irwin or Corey from Narre warren would have been junior Australian of the year.
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I still thought David Hicks would have got for Australian of the year and Bindi Irwin or Corey from Narre warren would have been junior Australian of the year.
Who comes up with these ideas?
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The Service Honours are always a bit of a joke. We have combat forces deployed in some nasty parts of the world doing amazing things and yet the majority of the awards are for services to box-packing and the like.
"Order of Australia is presented to Squadron Leader Barking-Looney for resolutely maintaining warehouse stocks of essential supplies and resisting all attempts to issue said supplies them to the squadrons that desperately need them."
I once endured a base parade at a RAAF base where the highlight was the presentation of an award to an ATCO. (Nothing against ATCO's here but it illustrates the way these things happen.)
"Flying Officer Chumley was duty tower controller whe a Caribou became airborne and began to issue large clouds of white smoke from one of its engines. The aircraft began a low level circuit and attempt to land on the opposite runway. Flying Officer Chumley, realised what the aircraft was attempting and without contact with the aircraft, made sure that the runway was clear and alerted the base fire-fighting equipment."
Ok, the ATCO did his job and realised that the Caribou crew was too busy to contact the tower in their haste to get back on the ground. Well done. I stood waiting for the award to the crew of the aircraft, you know, the guys who lives had actually been in danger, the guys who made sure the aircraft returned safely and didn't crash into Richmond township.
Nothing. Not a sausage. (crickets chirping). Its the way of the world I guess, but it does't make sense.
"Order of Australia is presented to Squadron Leader Barking-Looney for resolutely maintaining warehouse stocks of essential supplies and resisting all attempts to issue said supplies them to the squadrons that desperately need them."
I once endured a base parade at a RAAF base where the highlight was the presentation of an award to an ATCO. (Nothing against ATCO's here but it illustrates the way these things happen.)
"Flying Officer Chumley was duty tower controller whe a Caribou became airborne and began to issue large clouds of white smoke from one of its engines. The aircraft began a low level circuit and attempt to land on the opposite runway. Flying Officer Chumley, realised what the aircraft was attempting and without contact with the aircraft, made sure that the runway was clear and alerted the base fire-fighting equipment."
Ok, the ATCO did his job and realised that the Caribou crew was too busy to contact the tower in their haste to get back on the ground. Well done. I stood waiting for the award to the crew of the aircraft, you know, the guys who lives had actually been in danger, the guys who made sure the aircraft returned safely and didn't crash into Richmond township.
Nothing. Not a sausage. (crickets chirping). Its the way of the world I guess, but it does't make sense.
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Australian Army Aviator awarded MG
The Service Honours are always a bit of a joke. We have combat forces deployed in some nasty parts of the world doing amazing things and yet the majority of the awards are for services to box-packing and the like.
The Baffler
P.S. - I get what you're saying with the whole ATCO thing though. Are you sure that wasn't just one of the RAAF lame-arse "good show" awards? They're commonly awarded for the doing of ones job!
