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PILOT'S LOG BOOK and licence (DEREK PADGETT 1973 - 1979 SPOTTER PILOT)

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Derek Padgett

1972

Overview

Pilot's Log Book – A square hardcover blue book. The document contains flight data recorded by a spotter pilot for the CBWC 1973 – 1976. In the back on the logbook there is a holder that has a pilot's licence in it.

Historical information

Spotter Pilot : Derek Padgett 1972 – 1976. After getting his commercial pilots licence on 24/05/71, "A few months later 6/12/71 John Bell said that I was to do a conversion onto the C337 Cessna. On 28/03/72 I finished the conversion and on 15/04/72 I did my first spotting flight. On 11/06/72 I did my first solo flight – my last flight was 22/12/76".

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-128-BAV.2020.15

Item type

Documents

Themes

Maritime > Whaling

Material

Card

Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

200 mm

Depth

13 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Pilot's Log Book
Issued by Department of Civil Aviation
Commonwealth of Australia
C.A. 7 (Large) 1965 (H12757)

Contextual information

The document is unique to CBWC containing data recording the days and hours worked by the spotter pilot for Cheynes Beach Whaling Company, providing a greater understanding of active whaling during the 1970s.

Keywords

Spotter Plane

Cheynes Beach Whaling Company

Albany's Historic Whaling Station Collection

PADGETT Derek

Albany Whaling

Place made

Torndirrup, WA, Australia

Year

1972

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance