Join one of Australia's best known journalists and naval historians, Mike Carlton, to explore the story of the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
The Burning Blue celebrates and commemorates the pilots, observers, mechanics and engineers (and families) of the Royal Australian Navy. It features the fighter Aces of World War I, on through the North Sea and the Arctic in the second World War, the forgotten war of Korea and the perils of jungle warfare in Vietnam and beyond.
Even outside of the dangers of flying in wartime, the perils of landing at night on the deck of a carrier pitching and rolling in a vast ocean make the life of a naval aviator not for the faint hearted.
This book tells the stories of these aviators, much of it in their own words. They are the heroes who flew high in the Burning Blue.
Free. Bookings required. For adults. Arrive 6:00 PM for 6:30 PM start. Mike Carlton appears courtesy of Penguin Random House and will sign copies of his book after the event. Book sales courtesy of QBD The Bookshop North Lakes.
The stunning new book from 'one of Australia's foremost naval historians' (Australian) on the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Air Arm.
