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        Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service 
         Preface 
         Foreword 
         Introduction 
         Chapter 1: Growing Up 
         Chapter 2: Port Moresby Before Pearl Harbour 
        Sydney to Port Moresby by DH-86 
        First Impressions of Port Moresby 
        Meteorological Office Routine 
        Flight to Kokoda 
        Tropical Meteorology 
        John (Doc) Hogan 
        Setting up House 
        We Join the RAAF 
        A Contrast in Attitudes 
        Some RAAF History 
        RAAF No 10 Squadron 
        RAAF No 11 Squadron 
        The Catalina Story 
        Construction of the Seven-mile Airstrip and Reclamation Area 
        Meteorological Service for the RAAF 
        Unexpected Vistitors 
        Our State of Readiness 
        Our Domestic Situation 
        A Japanese Surprise Packet 
        What Had We Meteorologists Achieved? 
         Chapter 3: Port Moresby After Pearl Harbour 
         Chapter 4: Allied Air Force HQ and RAAF Command, Brisbane 
         Chapter 5: Japan Surrenders and We Are Demobilised 
         Epilogue 
         Acknowledgements 
         Appendix 1: References 
         Appendix 2: Milestones 
         Appendix 3: Papers Published in Tropical Weather Research Bulletins 
         Appendix 4: Radiosonde Observations 194146 
        
        
  
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        Figure 8 Lakatoi. The craft used by Papuans for coastal navigation. With twin hulls, the catamaran-style boat was a speedy sailer.(Photograph courtesy of A. K. Hannay)
          
         
         
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