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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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  • 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 flight to Papua New Guinea. Wackett became the RAAF's senior engineer with his appointment as Director of Technical Services in 1935. A wing commander at the outbreak of World War II, he rose to air commodore by 1942 and assumed the role of Air Member for Engineering and Maintenance. He established the Technical Branch as a separate department of the RAAF in 1948, and was promoted to air vice marshal the same year. Wackett served as Air Member for Technical Services until leaving the military in 1959, having been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire and Companion of the Order of the Bath. From 1960 to 1968, he was a member of the Australian National Airlines Commission, parent of Trans Australia Airlines. Generally known as "Wack", or "EC" (to distinguish him from his elder brother, aircraft designer Lawrence James Wackett or "LJ"), his prominent chin and nose also earned him the nickname "Punch". He died in 1984, aged 83. (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 ano seguinte, ele liderou um voo de pesquisa de três meses na Papua-Nova Guiné. Wackett tornou-se no engenheiro sénior da RAAF com a sua nomeação como Diretor de Serviços Técnicos em 1935. Um comandante de asa no início da Segunda Guerra Mundial, ele ascendeu ao posto de comodoro do ar em 1942 e assumiu o cargo de Membro da Força Aérea para Engenharia e Manutenção. Ele estabeleceu a Secção Técnica como um departamento separado da RAAF em 1948 e foi promovido a Vice-Marechal da Aeronáutica no mesmo ano. Wackett serviu como Membro da Força Aérea para Serviços Técnicos até deixar as forças armadas em 1959, tendo sido nomeado Comandante da Ordem do Império Britânico e Companheiro da Ordem do Banho. Geralmente conhecido como "Wack" ou "EC" (para distingui-lo do seu irmão mais velho, o designer de aeronaves Lawrence James Wackett ou "LJ"), o seu queixo e nariz proeminentes também lhe valeram o apelido de " Punch ". Ele morreu em 1984, aos 83 anos. (pt)
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  • Australia
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  • Engineering & Maintenance (1942–48)
  • Papuan Survey Flight (1927–28)
  • Technical Branch (1948–59)
  • Technical Services (1935–42)
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  • 1914-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • Half-length portrait of grinning man in military uniform, with pilot's wings on left breast pocket and pipe in left hand (en)
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  • (en)
  • Companion of the Order of the Bath (en)
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  • World War II (en)
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  • 1901-08-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Townsville, Queensland (en)
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  • Royal Australian Air Force (en)
  • Royal Australian Navy (en)
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  • Air Vice Marshal Wackett, c. 1958 (en)
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  • Engineering & Maintenance (en)
  • Papuan Survey Flight (en)
  • Technical Branch (en)
  • Technical Services (en)
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  • 1984-08-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Warracknabeal, Victoria (en)
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  • Member, Australian National Airlines Commission (en)
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  • Ellis Charles Wackett (en)
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  • "Wack"; "EC"; "Punch" (en)
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  • I have seen the aeroplane come from nothing to the dominant weapon of the last war. The piston engine took the aeroplane as far as possible subsonically. Now the missile challenges the aeroplane for supremacy. (en)
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  • Ellis Wackett, 1959 (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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