The key to
the effectiveness of the Department over the years has been its people.
This page provides links to selected biographies - in some cases only a photograph. Links are also provided to references to individuals in other material, often the recollections of the individuals concerned.
MINISTERS
Athol Townley Minister for Civil Aviation
Sir Reginald Swartz KBE MBE ED Minister for Civil Aviation
Kim Beazley Minister for Aviation, Minister for Transport and Communications
CONTROLLERS,
DIRECTORS GENERAL & CEOs
Lt Col Horace Brinsmead OBE MC Controller of Civil Aviation
Captain Edgar Johnston DFC Controller of Civil Aviation
Arthur Corbett Director-General of Civil Aviation
Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO Director-General of Civil Aviation
Sir Donald Anderson Director-General of Civil Aviation
OTHER
PERSONNEL
Carn Scarlett 'Stiffy' Wiggins CBE First Assistant Director-General (Operations)
Dr K.N.E. 'Bill' Bradfield OBE First Assistant Director-General (Ground Facilities)
Ian Leslie AM First Assistant Secretary (Flying Operations and Airworthiness)
Colin Torkington Manager, Airworthiness and Operations Branch
Roy Mervyn Badenach Assistant Director-General (Ground Facilities)
Capt. Frank W. Follett Superintendent of Aircraft
Alfred Gordon Berg Superintendent of Airworthiness and Aeronautical Engineering
Professor Brian O'Keeffe AO General Manager, R&D and ICAO
Jim Schofield AM Deputy Secretary (Air Operations)
Arthur H Affleck Regional Director - New Guinea
Arthur Roland McComb Regional Director - Vic/Tas
Jim Stone Regional Director - Vic/Tas
David Ross Regional Director - Western Australia
Owen Lawry Regional Director - Queensland & Papua New Guinea
Peter Riley Executive Officer (Administrative Services)
Don Charlwood Air Traffic Controller
Russell Watts Superintendent, Air Safety Investigation Branch
Macarthur 'Mac' Job OAM Editor, Aviation Safety Digest 1964-1978
Captain Eric Sims Airways Surveyor
Captain John Laming AFC Airways Surveyor
Ivan Hodder Radio Inspector
Bob Chamberlain OIC Karumba Aeradio
Stan Fenton early Aeradio operator
Leo Deleuil MBE early Aeradio Operator, later Regional Flight Service Supervisor, WA
Bruce Acland Darwin Aeradio Operator, Second World War
Keith Alston wartime & post-war Aeradio Operator
Norman Rodoni pilot, Flight Checking Officer & inventor of the 'Rodoniscope'
Andrew Veitch (Andy) Lauchland first groundsman at Archerfield, later Airport Manager
Roger Meyer Middle Manager (Technical Specialist) and President CAHS
Ron Rye Airways Communications Engineer
Don Whalley Senior Engineer/Inspector of Air Safety
Lindsay Wise Senior Airworthiness Surveyor
Brian Wise PSM Airways Surveyor
Captain Brian Surtees Flying Unit Pilot
Roger McGlashan Air Traffic Control Senior Instructor
Ted Ruddle Radio Technical Officer
Ed Coates Weight and Balance Section & aircraft photographer
Henry
Gascoigne Director of Fire Services
Laurie Bond Senior Examiner of Airmen
Ian Perry Senior Examiner of Airmen - Navigators
Alec Spooner Airways Surveyor
Major Harry Mann District Superintendent, Sydney/Mascot
Neville Watson Mechanic, Sydney/Mascot
Bill Sykes Aircraft Surveyor
Jock Cowie early Aeradio operator
Howard Cronin, Maurie Evans, Bob Honan, Bill Dodsworth, John Reid, John Renshaw, Ray Alexander, Len Power, Brian Wells, Gavin Douglas Air Traffic Controllers - 1960s
Melbourne Air Traffic Control Simulator Instructors, c.1992. From left to right they are: John McDonagh; Peter 'Prong' Coulson; George Fishlock; Bruce Dean; John Baxter; Glenn Morris; Paul Wright; and Roger McGlashan.
Photo of early aviation personalities - CAB's Controller of Civil Aviation Lt Col Horace Brinsmead, ANA pilot G U 'Scotty' Allan, Captain G C 'Skipper' Matthews and the CAB's Superintendent of Flying Operations Major A. Murray Jones at Essendon - c.1930.
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