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RCyAF AIR DISPLAY IN 1963 – by Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd) Based on information and material provided by Capt Dhamseth Pallawela, Capt Gihan ‘GAF’ Fernando and Roger Thiedeman On Sunday, October 6, 1963 the Royal Ceylon Air Force staged an air display at the Colombo Racecourse. In its December 1963 issue, British magazine Air Pictorial featured a comprehensive illustrated report of the show. A complete transcript of the article follows the page images below. A transcript of the complete text of the report appears on the next page Pics of Air Pictorial pages courtesy: Capt Dhamseth Pallawela Royal Ceylon Air Force Display HELD AT COLOMBO Racecourse on 6th October, the Royal Ceylon Air Force display gave a fair picture of current activities and included representatives of every type of aircraft now in service. Before the display began, however, an Air Ceylon Sentinel, 4R-AAD, buzzed up and down towing ...

Mar 25, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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HENDERIC ENGLEBRECHT: THE FIRST GAME WARDEN OF YALA NATIONAL PARK (SECOND ADDENDUM TO “A BOER PRISONER OF WAR IN CEYLON, THE YALA NATIONAL PARK AND SMS EMDEN OF THE IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVY: THE CONNECTION”) Compiled by Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)Contents extracted from below given webpage shared by Anoma Abeyewardene, an aviation, military and general history enthusiast. https://www.facebook.com/dordrechtmuseum/posts/the-boer-pow-who-chose-to-stay-in-ceylonthe- group-of-anglo-boer-war-enthusiasts-/1835017156744503/ The group of Anglo-Boer War enthusiasts had visited Dordrecht Museum, Netherlands and this group included English author Robin Woodruff. He had given a talk at the museum on his collection of memorabilia produced by Boer prisoners of war. An article based on Robin Woodruff’s talk was published in the Sunday Times of Sri Lanka which goes like this; ...

Apr 20, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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OVERVIEW OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICER CORPS |  GD/P BRANCH AND KEY FLYING ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1982 TO 1991 – Compiled by: Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde (Retd) With reference to and contents extracted from: The Sri Lanka Air Force: A Historical Retrospect 1985 – 1997 (Vol. II) by Jagath P Senaratne with foreword by ACM O M Ranasinghe, Commander of the Air Force, 1994 to 1998 (Primary Source) China Bay and Morawewa 1959-1999 by Wg Cdr Ranjith Ratnapala The History of the Sri Lanka Air Force (Vol. I) by Nalin Wijesekara, V. Tennekoon & Mervyn De Silva Wings of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Air Force, Fifty Years’ Service to the Nation 1951-2001 by Rienzi Pereira Sri Lanka Air Force 60th Air Force Day Souvenir Air Force List SLAF ACKNLOWLEGEMENTS Air Cdre Kithsiri Leelaratne (Representative for RAFOA, AFHQ) Air Cdre Nihal Jayasinghe (CO, SLAF Museum, Ratmalana) RAFOA Wg Cdr Ranjith ...

Dec 19, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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