Glorious History of Sri Lanka Air Force Sports-by Air Commodore Padman de Costa Clifford Cup Winning SLAF Rugby Team of 1986 with the Commander Air Marshal Walter Fernando Source:Dailynews The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) which came in to being on 2nd March 1951as the Royal Ceylon Air Force (RyCAF) reaches the milestone of 71 years on 2 nd March 2022. During the 71 years of existence, the SLAF has produced some outstanding sportsmen and women who have brought immense glory to the motherland. The notable feature of most these great men and women is that they have rendered their service not only in the field of sports yet have also excelled in their own profession in the SLAF. ...

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Walter May – by Ernest Macintyre A GENTLE HUMAN  Few of Sri Lanka today may know of people who passed away recently and were much of that society long ago. And yet those still left who remember have urge to leave public record, as tribute. Walter May of Perth, Western Australia and of Ceylon till the 1960s, died peacefully a couple of weeks ago, in his ninetieth year. After a variegated childhood and fine records at Trinity College Kandy and St. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia he graduated with honours in History from the University of Ceylon with also an outstanding record as a national track athlete. He reached the ideal conveyed in the poetic expression, “ The Paragon of Animals” for by birth and upbringing he was gentle, dispossessed of envy, anger or harshness. My wife and I came to be a friends with his family when I joined the ...

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