Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Australian Air Corps/archive1
Ian, would you be interested in doing this 2018 blurb? 925-1025 characters please. - Dank (push to talk)
- Sure Dan, how's this...? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:31, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
The Australian Air Corps (AAC) was a temporary military formation that existed in the interval between the disbandment of the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) of World War I and the establishment of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in March 1921. Raised in January 1920, the AAC was commanded by Major William Anderson, a former AFC pilot. Many of the AAC's members were also from the AFC and went on to join the RAAF. Although part of the Australian Army, the AAC was overseen by a board of senior officers that included members of the Royal Australian Navy. The corps' primary purpose was to maintain assets of the Central Flying School at Point Cook, Victoria, but it also undertook several pioneering activities: AAC personnel set an Australian altitude record that stood for a decade, made the first non-stop flight between Sydney and Melbourne, and took the country's initial steps in the field of aviation medicine. The RAAF inherited Point Cook and most of its initial equipment from the AAC. (Full article...)
- Looks great, thanks! I trimmed a little from the last sentence to get it down to 1020. - Dank (push to talk) 14:27, 8 December 2019 (UTC)