CAPT.CHARLES 'CHIC' EATHER (RET.)
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      • Syd's Pirates >
        • Sir Denys Roberts Foreword - Syd's Pirates
      • We Flew in Burma >
        • Gavin Young Introduction - We Flew in Burma
        • We Flew in Burma - Book Production and Marketing
      • Airport of the Nine Dragons >
        • Peter K. N. Lok Foreword - AIrport of the Nine Dragons
        • Chapters 1 - 22 >
          • Chapter 1 - Airport of the Nine Dragons - Hong Kong Takes To The Air 1891-1919
          • Chapter 2 - Airport of the Nine Dragons - Crazy Harry - The First Tenant 1920-1930
          • Chapter 3 - Airport of the Nine Dragons - The Long-Range Pioneers 1924-1929
          • Chapter 4 - Airport of the Nine Dragons - Weaning & Growing Pains 1930-1935
          • Chapter 5 Airport of the Nine Dragons - Age Of Consent 1936-1938
          • Chapter 6 Airport of the Nine Dragons - Uncertainty Rules 1939-1940
          • Chapter 7 Airport of the Nine Dragons - Airport Of The Nine Dragons Overrun 1941
          • Chapter 8 Airport of the Nine Dragons - Under The Conqueror's Heel 1942-1945
          • Chapter 9 Airport of the Nine Dragons - The First Year Of Recovery 1946
          • Chapter 10 Airport of the Nine Dragons - Freebooters Of The Sky 1947
          • Chapter 11 Airport of the Nine Dragons - Enter The Butterfield & Swire Hong 1948
          • Chapter 12 Airport of the Nine Dragons - The Kuomintang Retreats 1949
          • Chapter 13 Airport of the Nine Dragons - An Uneasy British Colony 1950
          • Chapter 14 Airport of the Nine Dragons - A New Runway Mooted 1951-1953
          • Chapter 16 Kai Tak Airport Marks Time - 1956-1957
          • Chapter 15 Airport of the Nine Dragons
          • Chapter 17 Airport of the Nine Dragons
          • Chapter 18 Airport of the Nine Dragons
          • Chapter 19 Airport of the Nine Dragons
          • Chapter 20 Airport of the Nine Dragons
          • Chapter 21 Airport of the Nine Dragons
          • Chapter 22 Airport of the Nine Dragons
        • Appendices >
          • A P P E N D I X 1 CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT – HONG KONG. PERSONNEL
          • A P P E N D I X 2 AIRCRAFT ON HONG KONG REGISTER
          • A P P E N D I X 3 KAI TAK AIRPORT – CONTROL TOWERS, TERMINALS & DCA LOCATIONS
          • A P P E N D I X 4 HONG KONG AVIATION CORPORATIONS – BRIEF NOTES
          • A P P E N D I X 5 PIONEER FLIGHTS TO THE FAR EAST
          • A P P E N D I X 6 TRIPPE’S PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SYSTEM
          • A P P E N D I X 7 THE MOUNT CAMERON MONSTROSITY
          • A P P E N D I X 8 THE PENINSULA HOTEL & LEOPOLD GADDI
          • A P P E N D I X 9 PIRACY – SCOURGE OF THE CHINA COAST
          • A P P E N D I X 1 0 THE SECOND & THIRD OPIUM WARS – 1856-60
          • A P P E N D I X 1 1 THE SACRED HILL – SUNG WONG TOI
          • A P P E N D I X 1 2 THE LOCKHEED ELECTRA L188 – PROBLEMS & RECTIFICATION
          • A P P E N D I X 1 3 AFTERMATH OF MURDER ON THE WING, 23 JULY, 1954
          • A P P E N D I X 1 4 CHEK LAP KOK – THE ULTIMATE AIRPORT
        • GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS & MEANING OF WORDS
        • PRINCIPAL WORKS CONSULTED
        • Airport of the Nine Dragons - Book Promotion Hong Kong
      • Syd's Last Pirate >
        • Sir Denys Roberts Foreword - Syd's Last Pirate
      • The Amazing Adventures of Betsy and Niki >
        • Extracts From The Adventures of Betsy and Niki >
          • Niki's Macau Adventures
          • Running The Dutch Blockade
          • The Beginning
          • Ready for Take-Off
        • Betsy and Niki - Reviews and Notes >
          • Book Launch
          • The Amazing Adventures of Betsy and Niki - Book Signing
    • Chic's Correspondence >
      • Abbott, Harry / Dan-San
      • Carew, William (Bill) John R/O
      • Cheney Award, The
      • Chueng, Matthew
      • Downing, Roy (D.C.A.)
      • Inge-Buckingham, Frank
      • Captain Vic Leslie
      • Tony Weller
      • John 'Pinky' Wawn
      • Major Pedro Zanni
      • Ano Katsutaro
    • More on Chic >
      • Chic's Early Memories of Hong Kong
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      • Newspaper Articles >
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          • Chic's Newspaper Articles - Book Launches, Reviews and Advertising - We Flew in Burma
          • Chic's Newspaper Articles - Book Launches, Reviews and Advertising - Airport of the Nine Dragons
      • Chic's Documents >
        • Chic's Official Documents
        • Chic's Courses, Training and Qualifications >
          • DC3 50 Hours Flying Under Instruction Certification
          • Convair 880
        • Chic's Miscellaneous Documents
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        • Chic's Medals Awards Decorations >
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          • Chic's Miscellaneous Badges and Insignia
        • Licences, Certificates and Passports >
          • Crew Member Certificates
          • Royal Aero Club of New South Wales 1948
          • Commonwealth of Australia Private Pilot's Certificate and Licence No.4016 4 September 1941
          • Commonwealth of Australia Pilot's Certificate and Licence No. 924 12 June 1943
          • Commonwealth of Australia Third Class Aircraft Operator's Certificate of Proficiency No.187 1 May 1943
          • Third Commonwealth of Australia Third Class Radio Telegraph Operator's Certificate and Licence No. 94 23 September 1943
          • Commonwealth of Australia Aircraft Navigator's Certificate and Licence No.240 8 September 1945
          • British Passport Commonwealth of Australia A252498 3 December 1946
          • Commonwealth of Australia Passport No. E325011 18 October 1961
          • Commonwealth of Australia Commercial Pilot Licence No.924 16 October 1947
          • Commonwealth of Australia First Class Flight Radio Telephony Operator Licence No. 514 17 October 1947
          • Commonwealth of Australia Student Pilot Licence No.714 6 October 1947
          • Commonwealth of Australia Senior Commercial Pilot Licence No.68 12 December 1951
          • Government of Hong Kong Pilot's Certificate and Licence No.51 9 February 1948
          • Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department Aircraft Navigator's Certificate and Licence No. 4 16 June 1948
          • Aircrew Identification Card CPA 22 June 1953
          • Colonial Civil Aviation Licence - Senior Commercial Pilot's Licence No. 4 14 July 1953
          • Colonial Civil Aviation Licence - Senior Commercial Pilot's Licence No. 27 26 January 1954
          • Government of Burma Pilot's Licence No. 90 11 June 1949
          • Government of Burma Aircraft Navigator's Certificate and Licence No.56 (Second Class) 11 June 1949
          • Government of Burma Radio-Telegraph Operator's Licence No.17 29 July 1949
          • Government of the Union Of Burma Airline Transport Pilot Licence No.2 1 October 1951
          • Union of Burma Licence to Drive a Motor Vehicle No. 841 6 June 1949
          • NRMA Road Fellowship 1957
          • International Driving Permit Hong Kong 1956
          • International Certificates of Vaccination 1961
          • International Certificates of Vaccination 1970
          • Commonwealth of Australia Passport No. G200466 10 August 1966
          • Commonwealth of Australia Passport No. H910575 11 June 1975
          • Australia Passport No. M338743 20 August 1980
          • Australia Passport No. G045973 5 September 1985
          • Australia Passport No. J2040726 27 August 1990
          • Commonwealth of Australia Flight Crew Licences From December 1970
          • Certificate as Master Modified Pleasure Craft
        • Chic's Employment History >
          • RAAF - Application to Join
          • RAF - Application to join >
            • RAF - Conditions of service December 1950
          • CPA Employment
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      • The Night My Number Came Up
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    • Sergeant Allen Richard Eather >
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    • Sir Denys Roberts
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    • Narrabeen Beach Landing >
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      • Captain Len Cosgrove - Request from Ian Fleming (007)
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    • The Harry Abbott Story
    • Miss Macao Story >
      • Miss Macao - Official Documents >
        • Miss Macao Official Crash Report
        • Miss Macao Official Documents - Opinion of the Attorney-General (Hong Kong)
        • Miss Macao Official Documents - Document No. 31 16.3.1949 and Opinion No.2/1949 4.3.1949
        • Miss Macao - Cathay Pacific Press Release Office (P.R.O.) Note
        • Miss Macao Official Documents Wong Yu's Confession
        • Miss Macao Official Documents Two Womens' Declarations
        • Miss Macao Official Documents - Macao Police Findings
      • Miss Macao Story - Extract from Chic's book Syd's Last Pirate
      • Miss Macao - Certificate of Airworthiness VR-HDT and Miss Macao - Application for Registration of Aircraft - VR-HDT
      • The 'Miss Macao' - Newspaper Reports
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        • Cathay Pacific Airways Aircraft Lockheed L188 Electra >
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          • Cathay Pacific Airways Convair 880 - 22M Servicing Information
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          • Convair 880 2nd Technical Convair 880M Course San Diego USA 1962
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      • Cathay Pacific - Manuals, Records, Advertising and Marketing >
        • Cathay Pacific - Manuals >
          • Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. - Instrument Approach Procedures - September 1959
          • Cathay Pacific - Pilot and Flight Engineers Documents
          • CPA - Application for Employment (Pilot) - Form 5D/10/1 1975
          • Cathay Pacific Airways - Pilot Incapacitation in Flight
          • Cathay Pacific - Operations Manual No. 5
          • Cathay Pacific - Operations Manual D.C.4
          • CPA Flight Engineers Logs
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          • Cathay Pacific - Pilot's Flight Report
          • Cathay Pacific - Flight Plan A38
          • CPA Route Manual and Notes
          • Boeing Performance Notes 1972
          • Convair 880 Technical Procedures and Notes >
            • Convair 880 Operations Manual and Notes
            • Convair 880 Technical and Proficiency Examinations
        • Cathay Pacific - Advertising and Marketing >
          • Cathay Pacific - Eastern Charm - Western Efficiency
          • Cathay Pacific - Your In Flight Route Map 1979
          • Roy Farrell Export Import Company - Cathay Pacific Airways - Advertising
          • Cathay Pacific Worldwide Offices 1984
          • Cathay Pacific Advisory Bulletin 1975
      • The Cathay Pacific Story >
        • Cathay Pacific Story - Early Days
      • Cathay Pacific Airways Postcards
      • Cathay Pacific Airways Inflight Uniforms 1946-2006
      • Cathay Pacific Airways 60th Anniversary
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      • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter >
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - 1958
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - September/October 1958
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - November/December 1958
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - November 1959
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - December 1959
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - January 1960
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - February 1960
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - January 1961
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - October 1963
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - Issue 6 1964
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - Issue 8 1964
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - Number 22 April/May 1966
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - Number 31 April 1967
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - June1967
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - July 1967
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - August 1967
        • Cathay Pacific Airways Newsletter - October1967
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        • Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong - Cathay World November 1983 No. 6
    • HAECO >
      • HAECO - Publicity Booklet 1974
      • HAECO - Boeing 707 Overhaul and Modifications
      • PAMAS - Newsletters
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      • HongKong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. - Internal Newsletter April 1958
      • HAECO - Conditions of Service Booklet
      • Run Run Shaw
    • Hong Kong >
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        • Early Hong Kong 1950-1951
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      • National Council of Women in Burma
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      • Lower and Upper Burma Boxing Tournament - November 1949
      • South Burma Sub-District Army Championship Boxing Tournament - January 1950
      • Burma and the Philippines (Hong Kong and Sydney) - 1948
      • Burma Road Truck Operation
    • Union of Burma Airways - UBA >
      • UBA - Documents
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      • UBA - Documents UBA - Documents Aircraft Operating Instructions 1950
      • UBA - Documents Operations Circulars
      • UBA - Chic's Records >
        • UBA - Chic's Records English Ferry Flight - Dove XY-ABN 1952
        • Chic's DCA Burma Licence Documents
        • UBA - Chic Training UBA Pilots
    • Bangkok >
      • Bangkok - 1948 Sightseeing
      • Bangkok Boxing Tournament
    • Singapore >
      • Singapore Cricket Club
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      • FLAPA Notes 11/11/2008
      • FLAPA Notes 13/11/2008
    • Aeroplanes >
      • Betsy
      • Niki
      • Clipper of the Clouds
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    • Kai Tak >
      • Kai Tak - The Prior Years
      • Kai Tak - The Earlier Years
      • The Kai Tack Land Investment Company Limited
      • Kai Tak - Mr Au Tak
      • Kai Tak Images
      • Kai Tak - Layout
      • Hong Kong Flying Club
      • History of RAF Kai Tak
      • Hong Kong Airport >
        • Hong Kong Airport Brochure Date Research
      • Kai Tak Cross Harbour Tunnel
      • Kai Tak Closed
    • Far East Flying Training School Ltd
    • The Pick-a-Back Anson
    • The Early Birds Association of Australia >
      • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter >
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1980 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter Financial The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter Financial Statement 1979/80
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1980
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1980
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1980
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1980
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1981 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1981
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1981
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1981
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1981
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1982 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1982
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1982
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1982
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1982
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1983 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1983
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1983
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1983
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1983
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1983
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1983
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1984 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1984
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          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter July 1984
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1984
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          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1984
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1985 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1985
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1985
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1985
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1985
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1985
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1985
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1986 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1986
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1986
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1986
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1986
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1986
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1987 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1987
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1987
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1987
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1987
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1987
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1988 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1988
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1988
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1988
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter July 1988
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1988
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October1988
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1988
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1989 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1989
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1989
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter August 1989
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1989
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1989
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1989
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1990 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1990
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1990
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1990
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1990
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1990
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1991 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1991
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1991
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1991
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter July 1991
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1991
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1991
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1992 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1992
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1992
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1992
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1992
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1992
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1992
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1993 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1993
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1993
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1993
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1993
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1993
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1993
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1994 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1994
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1994
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1994
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1994
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1994
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1994
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1995 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1995
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          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1995
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        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1996 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1996
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          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1996
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        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1997 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1997
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          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1997
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          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1997
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        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1998 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1998
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1998
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1998
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1998
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 1998
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 1998
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 1999 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 1999
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter April 1999
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 1999
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 1999
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 2000 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 2000
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 2000
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 2001 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 2001
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 2001
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 2001
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter October 2001
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter December 2001
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 2002 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 2002
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter June 2002
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter September 2002
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 2003 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia 2003
        • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter 2004 >
          • The Early Birds Association of Australia Newsletter March 2004
    • Indonesian Republic One (IR-1)
    • Famous Aviators - Tidbits >
      • Manfred von Richthofen
      • Bert Hinkler
      • Roland Garros
      • Amelia Earhart >
        • Amelia Earhart - Government Conspiracy 1993
      • Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager
      • Mrs Victor Bruce
      • John Dixon D.F.C.
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  • Charles Eather

Merchant Navy
(Plus Scary First Solo Flight)



During May 1940 I enlisted with the lst Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment and became Gunner Eather NX 17877. My term was brief; intervention of some sort or other led to my discharge - "not occasioned by his own default". The following January, not at all discouraged, I decided I would still be of combative value to my country and joined the Merchant Navy.

My first trip was on S.S. Mungana, a 3315-ton rust-bucket that set out on the seventy-mile trip from Sydney to Newcastle one night in February. She was so unseaworthy that what should have been a routine passage of a few hours developed into a nightmare of forty-eight. Her rudder fell off outside Newcastle and we wallowed round in mountainous seas until a tug came to drag us into port. The tug was delayed because the boom was closed following the bombardment of any enemy ship that had tried to slip out of harbour in a fruitless attempt to break her internment. I'd had enough of Mungana, but the experience had one good result. I had been so seasick that never again was I sick at sea or in the air.

Next month, March 194l, I signed articles on HT Queen Elizabeth, then the largest ship in the world, and I recall her with affection. Her turn of speed was absolutely phenomenal, and it earned my heartfelt thanks when we cleared the Suez port of Taufiq (Tewfik) in a hurry because of an impending bombing raid on Alexandria. Returning from Suez, when we crossed the Great Australian Bight the seas were so mountainous that the after gun-deck was untenable. Though it was more than seventy feet above Plimsoll line the seas broke right over it.
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Troopship Queen Elizabeth. Then the biggest ship afloat. She did much to make a man of me and contributed to my flying qualifications.
I walked from stem to stern under the keel of that massive vessel later, when she was in dry dock at Singapore. Finally on a Sunday morning, January 19,1972 I saw the beautiful ship, now rechristened Seawise University and registered at Panama, racked by explosions and consumed by spreading flames in Hong Kong's western harbour. Her blackened hulk remains there to this day, a mass of useless metal.

I signed off the QE on June 25, 1941, and the very next day found me belted into the cockpit of a DH 60 Gipsy Moth (VH-UFV) with craggy-faced Howard K. Morris patiently demonstrating how to fly it straight and level. On a day in August, after I had piled up six hours and ten minutes instruction he climbed out of his seat, removed the forward control stick and, tucking it under his arm, stalked away, saying over his shoulder, "Off you go".

I did, and managed a really good first solo. Immediately anyone set out on his first solo those days, an unwritten rule stopped the operation of the whole airfield until the tyro had concluded this once-in-a-lifetime experience. As I rolled to a stop Howard K was leaning against a Tiger Moth just off to the right, talking to the Air Force instructor who was holding his machine with the prop just ticking over. He bounded across to me with a beaming grin and told me, 'Do another circuit'- something he had never done before, or since, probably. This time I made every mistake in the book, and still wonder that I got through without damaging myself or the Gipsy. The silence from Howard on my return could have been cut with a knife, and we left the scene followed by ungentlemenly guffaws from the RAAF instructor.

As with all private ventures in wartime our fuel supply was limited. This retarded the building up of flying hours in pursuit of the elusive 'B' Commercial licence, the Open Sesame to a job. To get round this we used to introduce new members to the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales. On joining they became entitled to a fuel allowance - so it was important to canvass only those who didn't want to take flying instruction, and our ingenuity knew no bounds in locating candidates for membership who would pass on their share of the priceless gravy. Two of the several new members I brought in were Chinese sisters named Bow, who raised the eyebrows of the selection committee when they listed their occupations as 'champagne bottle turners'.

We tapped another source of fuel supply by flying Army co-operation exercises to give gun-laying and predictor practice to anti-aircraft units at Bantry Bay and Lurline Bay on Sydney Harbour's North Shore. We pilots still had to pay for the hire of the aircraft but the fuel allowance meant we could build up our flying hours towards the coveted licence.

My old friend Bob Smith recalls those flights with amusement. We were supposed to fly over the batteries straight and level at about 5000 or 6000 feet but occasionally we would vary this with aerobatics and upset the predictor readings. Then the telephone would run hot with protests of righteous indignation and the dark threat of fuel withdrawal would bring us back to the straight and narrow. When I asked how they would handle the situation if any enemy aircraft did in fact follow an aerobatic course, I met a stony silence.

In this period I had been accepted for the RAAF Reserve, presented with a lapel badge and an instructional booklet and told to report three nights a week to nearby Newington College for technical lectures. I found the evenings very enjoyable and learned a lot from my instructors. The course stood me in good stead when I finally sat the examination for my 'B' licence. But the inactivity of the intervening periods was driving me to distraction and I decided to make another trip on my Merchant Navy papers. My RAAF Reserve status precluded this, but I rationalized that I wouldn't be missed for a few weeks. I was only kicking up my heels waiting for that Air Force call-up, and nothing appeared to be happening even though the Nips had entered the fray.

So in February 1942 I was aboard RMS Aquitania when she cleared Sydney Heads, and spent two Fridays the thirteenth dodging enemy subs. One of those thirteenths still haunts me. We ploughed through a vast area of wreckage. There were swollen bodies and, I fear, some which still contained a spark of life. Their weak but joyous calls turned to curses as we made no attempt to slacken speed and pick them up. Stopping to pick up survivors was just what the murderers skulking beneath the placid surface would be hoping for us to do; we would have been sitting ducks. But that knowledge was poor compensation for us, and none for them.
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R.M.S AQUITANIA. Offical Number: 135583, Port of Registry: Liverpool, Gross Tonnage 19,296.77 Horse Power: 56,000 Master J.D. Snow
We entered Honolulu's Pearl Harbour, littered with mute evidence of the infamous Japanese attack. After a quick shore leave we found that our task was to transport some 2000 American women and their children to the mainland. The sex which was offered and enthusiastically accepted throughout the run to San Francisco was out of this world. I know of few who missed out, and no difficulty arose until an inexperienced helmsman, whose mind was on far more pleasurable occupations proceeded to turn to starboard instead of to port in response to the blast that signalled the convoy to take a zig-zag sub avoidance. Fortunately no real damage resulted from the near collision. I think we lost a little paint off the starboard bow, but this did lead to a restriction of nocturnal pleasures. Probably just as well, for only the most agile could negotiate the deck and avoid the copulating couples occupying every nook and cranny.

At San Francisco we learned that certain irregularities existed in the articles we had signed, and it became necessary for each crew member to sign off and, if he wished, to sign new articles. I accepted this as an opportunity to leave the ship legally, and put into train a scheme to sneak across the border into Canada and there offer myself to the British Air Transport Command.

The British Consul could offer little advice on joining this command from American soil, but did say many others had followed my proposed route and were now doing sterling service flying replacement aircraft to the British Isles. It was a great pity Bob Buckby, another old mate of mine did not follow this path. He joined a refrigeration ship in Sydney which was "bumped" in the Atlantic, with the result that both his legs had to be amputated due to frostbite. I recall going aboard with him while this ship was alongside the Pyrmont wharves in Sydney, and she had death written all over her. When I expressed these fears Bob showed not the slightest interest.

As I sneaked up to the Canadian border a giant American cop grabbed me, gave me a couple of vigorous shakes and marched me off to the local bastille. He mellowed when I explained my reasons for being at the border, but not sufficiently to close his eyes to his duty. Next morning found me standing at attention to the very same Consulate official as had so recently advised me how to join the Air Transport Command.

He was now severely reprimanding me for doing anything so foolish. Didn't I realize I was alienating the great friendship which existed between our now-allied countries? Later, with a mischievous grin, he said I'd blown my opportunity by getting caught. But he became quite earnest when he said I mustn't try it again; this was a condition of the bargain he had struck to get me off the hook of my immigration misdemeanour. I had to phone him each day until he could find me transport back to Australia. This materialized about two weeks later in the form of dear old Queen Elizabeth and I became a semi-passenger back to Sydney under a Discharged Seamen's Agreement.

We carried thousands of American servicemen to Australia on what proved to be a pleasant voyage. Of all the remote outposts imaginable we stopped for refuelling at the French Marquesas Islands, northeast of Tahiti in the latitude of Peru. While there, I watched an amphibious aircraft, a U.S. Navy Kingfisher, trying to take off with an obvious overload of bombs. Each time the pilot made an abortive run he would drop one more bomb over the side. He finally got airborne but as he left the water his remaining bombload exploded and he disintegrated before my eyes. But the incident had a surprising and permanent effect on my life. That moment finally clinched my decision to make commercial flying my lifelong profession.
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Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher 1. Powered by a 450 h.p.Pratt and Whitney Wasp Junior R-985-SB3 9 cylinder air-cooled radial motor. She had a range of 900 miles at 139 m.p.h. at 6,000 feet and was stressed for catapult take-offs. (Photo: The Aeroplane).
Misfortune awaited my return home. I had missed my RAAF call-up and they had sacked me. When I went to see them they informed me in the most forthrigtrt manner that I had committed a crime by leaving the country after my acceptance for the Reserve. After ripping a strip off me for several minutes the officer in charge of the section became interested in my escapades and we spent some time in these reminiscences. Despite his obvious sympathy he could not intervene in my re-appointment. He told me my papers were marked that I was a 'bit of a lone wolf' and not amenable to discipline. He merely asked me to return my lapel badge.

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Above: January1972 Western Harbour, Hong Kong. Ex-Queen Elizabeth (83,600 tons and 1031 feet in length) a burning hulk. Seawise University, Panama, Chapman College of Orange, California. Owners: Bland Navigation Company. Mr C.Y. Tong purchased for $HK3.2 million in 1970 at a Florida auction. Fire started Sunday 19 January 1972 at 10.30 a.m.

Chic's Certificate of Discharge
R.M.S. Aquitania
9 August 1942

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Chic's Certificate of Discharge R.M.S. Aquitania 9 August 1942

Chic's Certificate of Discharge
H.T. Queen Elizabeth
25 June 1941

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Chic's Certificate of Discharge H.T. Queen Elizabeth 25 June 1941

Chic's Queen Elizabeth Voyages
(Hand drawn map)

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Chic's Queen Elizabeth Voyages as well as SS Mungana voyage (Hand drawn map)
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Chic's Queen Elizabeth Voyages as well as R.M.S.Aquitania voyage (Hand drawn map)

Queen Elizabeth
Postcard

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Queen Elizabeth Postcard
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Queen Elizabeth Postcard

Queen Elizabeth
Newspaper Clippings

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Queen Elizabeth Newspaper Clippings
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Queen Elizabeth Newspaper Clippings
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Queen Elizabeth Newspaper Clippings
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Queen Elizabeth Newspaper Clippings

Captain Charles 'Chic' Eather