The dinner on Saturday May 30 at the Cowra Aero Club saw just over 80 attending what was a great night with guest speaker retired Air Marshal Jake Newham.

Jake served in several fighter squadrons in Australia, Korea, Malta, Malaysia. He has been Chief Flying Instructor at the Fighter Operational Training Unit. He commanded the WA University Squqdron, No 3 Fighter Squadron on its re-equipment with Mirage aircraft and No. 82 Strike Wing on it’s re-equipment with F111’s. He flew the first of these aircraft to Australia after a period of familiarisation in the USA.

His Staff appointments included a tour as Head of the Australian Defence Staff at Washington D.C.

He has served as Deputy Chief of Air Staff and later as Chief of Air Staff. He retired in the late 1980’s.

Some photos from the dinner on Saturday night and the open day Sunday, May 30 and 31

Jake Newham speaking at the dinner Saturday night

Doug Heilman speaking at the dinner Saturday night

A small selection of the guests at the dinner

Ray Heilman being interviewed for Prime News.  Footage was shown on Prime news Monday June 1st.
Update – Prime have removed the video from their site. I have emailed them to see if I can get a copy – Glenn

Welcome to the new look Cowra Aero Club’s web site.

This first page is where you will see recent updates and news relating to Cowra Aero Club.

Please note that I have not finished a lot of the pages but I will be working on these and updates will be placed here.

The club’s 60th anniversary on the weekend of May 30 and 31 was a success. Photos will be added later.

Glenn