These photos are from the Australian War Memorial collection. They are out of copyright and in the public domain. No.1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps received a Handley Page 0/400 in the final months of the war. The main reason was that they had the expertise mechanically to maintain and fly it.
Since No.1 Squadron was in Palestine the big Handley Page was pressed into logistical work in addition to bombing. One of the logistical tasks was supplying Lawrence of Arabia's army with fuel, food and arms. The army at the time was stationed in Azrak and had been bombed by German aircraft. The Australian squadron sent two Bristol Fighters to support them and to give them aerial superiority locally. You can see the two brisfits in the photographs; where they are dwarfed by the Handley Page's huge wingspan.
When the Handley Page flew out to support Lawrence of Arabia's irregulars it caused a bit of a stir. Richard Williams writes;
The aircraft [1 Sqn Bristol Fighters] attached to Lawrences Army at Amman] could not work in the desert east of Amman without supplies and the normal line of supply was via Akaba on the Red Sea. This was useless so the Handley Page was brought into service and used to transport petrol, oil, bombs and ammunition. It went out during daylight to arrive at Azrak just before dark. It was escorted by two Bristol Fighters which went on to bomb the enemy aerodrome at Deraa to distract attention from it.
The Handley Page returned that night but it proved to be the best recruiting agent the Arab Army ever had. They had never seen such a huge aircraft, nor had we for that matter, and considered that if the British could produce an aircraft so much bigger than anybody else they knew of, then they must be the people who would win. .... The only trouble was that the Arabs would show their delight by dancing around the Handley Page and firing pistols and other odd weapons into the air to the consternation and alarm of Ross Smith.
Consider that Ross Smith was carrying a large load of petrol, bombs and ammunition, it is not surprise he was concerned. After the war ended a second Handley Page (C9700) was flown by Ross Smith and General Borton to India. It was to be the start of record breaking flights for Ross Smith in the post-war period.
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Most Popular Restaurants in Phoenix
Phoenix Eats Out is the restaurant review site for
Phoenix,
Scottsdale and
Old Town Scottsdale which lists the modernist and contemporary restaurants, taverns and bars in the greater Phoenix area.
This is the list of the most popular restaurants pages from phoenixeatsout.com that have been viewed the most;
My personal favourite restaurants in Phoenix are
AZ88,
Postinos,
Bomberos with
Grazie,
Humble Pie,
Orange Table,
The Vig,
Fez and others coming close behind. View the complete list with the photo-journalistic style images on
phoenixeatsout.com
Most Popular Hikes in Arizona
Arizona is an outdoor state and has lots of hiking in the city and around the state. Phoenix is unusual for most cities in having several large mountains in the center of the city with great hiking. Anyone who comes to Phoenix has to do the
Echo Canyon trail on Camelback and the
Summit Hike on Squaw Peak or Piesta Peak. The views of the city, suburbs and surrounding mountains are wonderful from Camelback and Piesta Peak.
For more experienced hikers there is the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale that has several difficult and strenuous hikes in
Tom's Thumb and
Bell Pass. Alternatively, you can hike the highest mountain in Arizona. At 12,600 feet
Humphrey's Peak is a long and difficult hike.
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Between 2004 and 2009 this site,
southsearepublic.org, was a constitutional blog based on scoop which focused on Australian and global constitutional issues.
One of the strongest aspects of it was the development of constitutions by those involved in the blog. These constitutions are the outcome:
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Who Is Cam Riley
I am an Australian living in the United States as a permanent resident.
I am a software developer by trade and mostly work in Java and jump between middleware and front end.
I originally worked in the New York area of the United States in telecommunications before moving to Washington DC and
working in a mix of telecommunications, energy and ITS. I started my own software company before heading out to
Arizona and working with Shutterfly. Since then I have joined a startup in the Phoenix area and am thoroughly enjoying myself.
I do a lot of photography which I post on this website, but also on flickr. I have a photo-journalistic website which lists
the modernist and contemporary restaurants in phoenix. I have a site on the
Australian Flying Corps [AFC] which has been around since the 1990s and which I unfortunately
lost the .org URL to during a life event; however, it is under the
www.australianflyingcorps.com URL now.
The AFC website has gone through several iterations since the 90s and the two most recent are
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2004-2002) and
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2002-1999) which are good places to start.
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