News
All news relating to the Australian Society of WW1 Aero Historians can be found here. We will also publish articles of WW1 aviation interest, WW1 modelling, book releases/reviews, new museums, movies and reviews of WW1 aviation website's here as well. If you would like to contribute to the News, please email your article to the Webmaster. It is your Society so why not contribute to it.
Society Picnic Announced
Greg Mullens announced at the May general meeting that the Society will be holding a picnic day on November 28th, 2010. Full details are yet to be finalised but will be published here as soon as more details come to hand.
'14-'18 Journal Archive
Members now have full access to the Societys Journal Archive free of charge via the Members Area. Every Journal publish since 1964 is available to download.
2010 Plans
As mentioned at the February General meeting, the Society plans to host the BJV Database on the Society Website. How it will be hosted is still being planned, but we can confirm that the database contains over 5600 records of biographical details of Australians who served with the flying services during the Great War.
Also announced was the plans to allow members electronic access to the Societys photographic collection. It is planned to catalogue the collection in the next few months and then release the collection in stages over the next 12 months.
The project converting the Societys audio library to a digital format is complete. The next step is burning the files to a cd and this will take a further few weeks.
Societys 50th Anniversary
This writer believes that the Society is the oldest continuous type of its kind in the world. With that in mind a significant project has commenced.
Steve Drew the Societys Vice President has asked for members help in establishing a Society Archive of records reflecting the past 48 years. He hopes that it will be completed by 2012 when the Society will celebrate its 50th anniversary. If you can help Steve in this important project, please email the Vice President.