It Was Aviation's

Who's Who Night

DEUNION of Famous Australian tC Aviation Pioneers”, S y d7 \fV newspapers called it, in , vp W hen 60 of them met in the Officers’ Chib to welcome ick °to 6 Australia Major Hereward . Havilland. But it could almost tually as well have been called a union of ex-New Guinea pilots.

Maior de Havilland founded the > Havilland company in 1927 (later it was transferred to Sydney, and now has its jadquarters at Bankstown). Major ! Havilland later returad to the company in the UK and was iere until recently. He now r^urns > Sydney as deputy-chairman o 5 Havillands in Australia.

Photograph shows the Majoi, ;ated, looking at a cancatureof imself; and standing, Richard, ,unny Hammond and Ray Parer.

Ray Parer doesn’t need any m rodmition to Territorians. Group captain H. T. (Bunny) Hammond 5 now managing-director of Adastra drways; he went back to the Tern ory after the war to represent luinea Airways, but when they did tot resume operations he left.

Present too, were ex-Temtorians rommy O-Dea. another old Guinea Lirways pioneer; Nev 4*® fQ S for causer, now senior captain lor (nsett-ANA; andl Goya Henry who n recent years has switched from he air to the sea, and is captain >f a P-NG Administration ship )ased on Wewak. Henry is still a Dicturesque and unusual character ind an older generation of Sydney siders remember him as th % young iaredevil who, in the early 30 s, flew a light plane under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.