Royal Victorian Aero Club - Dawn Patrol

Sunday September 14th 2008

Details of the Guest Speaker and Flying Display will be available soon.

A Private Flying Display for members and guests will take place following the breakfast function.

The Royal Victorian Aero Club, “Royal Vic” as it is affectionately known around Moorabbin Airport, has hosted the “Dawn Patrol” annually since its inception in 1980. The brainchild of Dr Paul Matthews, himself a pilot and club member, who gathered together a number of “Royal Vic” pilots who then flew over the “Shrine of Remembrance” to pay tribute to fallen Aviators. Since that first dawn flight the “Dawn Patrol” has continued to grow in popularity and is now an important event on the Aero Club’s Calendar.The “Dawn Patrol Memorial Fly-Past” is always held on the weekend closest to the date of one of the greatest aerial battles of our time, the “Battle of Britain”, which occurred on the 15th September 1940. Whilst the event is timed to coincide with the “Battle of Britain”, it has become a Memorial Flight for all aviators who have made the “Supreme Sacrifice” in all theatres of war.

This year is the 68th Anniversary of the great air battle and the 29th Anniversary of the Royal Victorian Aero Club “Dawn Patrol”. At first light, the aircraft will depart Moorabbin Airport, in stream formation at approximately thirty second intervals. The planned route taking them over the “Shrine of Remembrance”, Point Cook Aerodrome (the birthplace of the RAAF) and Avalon Airport, returning to Moorabbin Airport via Port Philip Heads and Carrum. The finale to this event is the “Traditional Cooked Breakfast” held in the RVAC Maintenance Hanger, where some of our World War II veterans recount tales of their war time experiences and pay tribute to their fallen comrades.

ENTRY FORM
BREAKFAST APPLICATION
BRIEFING NOTES
click above to download form

CONTACT US - flying@rvac.com.au