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Air Vice Marshal Ellis Charles Wackett, CB, CBE (13 August 1901 – 3 August 1984) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Its chief engineer from 1935 to 1959, he served on the RAAF's controlling body, the Air Board, for a record seventeen years, and has been credited with infusing operations with new standards of airworthiness. Commencing his service career as a Royal Australian Navy cadet during World War I, Wackett transferred to the Air Force in 1923 while on an engineering course in Britain. He qualified as a pilot before completing his studies and returning to Australia, where he inaugurated parachute instruction within the RAAF and made the country's first freefall descent from a military aircraft in 1926. The following year, he led a three-month survey fligh

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  • Ellis Wackett (en)
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  • Air Vice Marshal Ellis Charles Wackett, CB, CBE (13 August 1901 – 3 August 1984) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Its chief engineer from 1935 to 1959, he served on the RAAF's controlling body, the Air Board, for a record seventeen years, and has been credited with infusing operations with new standards of airworthiness. Commencing his service career as a Royal Australian Navy cadet during World War I, Wackett transferred to the Air Force in 1923 while on an engineering course in Britain. He qualified as a pilot before completing his studies and returning to Australia, where he inaugurated parachute instruction within the RAAF and made the country's first freefall descent from a military aircraft in 1926. The following year, he led a three-month survey fligh (en)
  • Ellis Charles Wackett, CB, CBE (13 de agosto de 1901 - 3 de agosto de 1984) foi um piloto e oficial comandante da Real Força Aérea Australiana (RAAF). O engenheiro-chefe do ramo de 1935 a 1959, ele serviu no corpo de controle da RAAF, o Quadro Aéreo, por um recorde de dezessete anos, e foi creditado por infundir operações com novos padrões de aeronavegabilidade. Iniciando a sua carreira de serviço como cadete da Marinha Real Australiana durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, Wackett foi transferido para a Força Aérea em 1923, enquanto fazia um curso de engenharia na Grã-Bretanha. Ele qualificou-se como piloto antes de completar os seus estudos e retornar à Austrália, onde inaugurou a instrução de paraquedas dentro da RAAF e fez a primeira queda livre do país de uma aeronave militar em 1926. No (pt)
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  • Ellis Charles Wackett (en)
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  • "Wack"; "EC"; "Punch" (en)
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  • Ellis Charles Wackett (en)
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  • Warracknabeal, Victoria (en)
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  • Townsville, Queensland (en)
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