Film Night at the Airways Museum


Historical aviation films from the Civil Aviation Historical Society's archive will be shown in our first Film Night for 2005 at the Airways Museum.

What day?Friday 13th May, 2005
What time? Museum open from 6.30pm, films start 7.30pm
What films?


1. Safety is no Accident (1962) Colour, 30 min.

A review of civil aviation in Australia in 1962. Shows the Air Traffic Control and communications services in operation, navigational aids and ground aids in use, and the work that is being done to maintain one of the highest safety records in the world.


2. Graveyard Spiral
(1972) Black & White, 20 min.

Graveyard Spiral is a dramatised lesson in light plane flying safety that examines a weather related accident.


3. Ready on Ocean Station November
(c.1950) Colour, 10 min.

An authentic documentary on the ditching of a large commercial plane [a Stratocruiser] at sea near a Coast Guard ocean station vessel.


4. Crash Impact Survival in Light Aircraft
(1960) Colour, 19 min.

Simulates crashes of light aircraft at various speeds. Shows effects of crash on dummy pilot and passenger. Illustrates graphically the deceleration forces set up on impact. Deduces the safest construction for light aircraft and emphasises the importance of the right kind of safety harness.

 

How much?

CAHS Members - free

Non-members - entry by gold coin donation

Free tea and coffee provided

Bookings?

RSVP by email to Phil Vabre, or (03) 9432 9287,

or Roger Meyer (03) 9818 4950