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DR DANNY JAYAKODY: FROM APPRENTICE TO A COMMISSION IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE Source:Island Extract of article published under the title ‘The Lambent Lad from Ganemulla’ in the FB blog of Menaka Ashi Fernando https://aviadoradeceilan.medium.com/the-lambent-lad-from-ganemulla-407e06a1e3b6 The year was 2008, and the majority of the 94th entry at RAF College Cranwell were contemplating retirement, except for one dynamic individual — Dhanapala Jayakody Arachchige. At 61, Dhanapala or Danny as he is popularly known had plans that were 180 degrees opposite to that of his cohort. He had won an international PhD scholarship to study Air Cargo Safety at the Air Transport Department at Cranfield University, and that shelved his retirement plans forever and a day. Danny was sponsored by the engineering and physical sciences research council, UK CAA and The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) to research airworthiness risk assessment for large old cargo and passenger aircraft. His PhD thesis was titled ...

eLanka Newsletter – May 2020 1st Edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter AUSTRALIA MARKS 250th ANNIVERSARY OF ENDEAVOUR’S HISTORIC VOYAGE “VALE’ EDDIE BAPTIST” – By Des Kelly OLD ANTONIAN SOLDIER ALASTAIR MACKENZIE CELEBRATES ANZAC DAY PERCY SLEDGE CROSSES OVER: By Joe Van Langenberg CANON ROY HENRY BOWYER-YIN MA(Cantab): By Menaka Ashi Fernando Meditation with Acharin online via zoom platform, regularly every Saturday and Sunday 9pm to 10.30pm (Sydney time) Every Century? – History repeats itself. This Poem was written in 1869, reprinted during 1919 Pandemic Health & Views –April 2020 – 3rd issue By Harold Gunatillake COSMI calls Sri Lanka to engage private sector in milestone strategy switch Victoria offers $1100 relief grants to struggling foreign students-By Michael Fowler and Anna Patty COVID19 Multicultural media briefing – Melbourne 29 April 2020 Missive from Oscar E V Fernando: ...