AIR CORPS PIPE BAND

The pipe band title was introdced in October 1999 and worn for a short time it was only discontinued when the new band tunic was introduced because it did not suit the shoulder design shape of the new tunic.   Design idea was myself and Pipe Major J.O'Donnell.

	Pipe Band Title (Oct 1999)

AIR CORPS FIRE SERVICE

The fire service introduced this badge as a non-uniform item in April 2005 but it subsequently found its way on to their t-shirts and jackets.  Design was myself and Fire Chief.

	Air Corps Fire Service (Apr 2005)

ALOUETTE III (COMMEMORATIVE)

I designed this badge to commemorate the Trojan work the Alouette III has given to the Irish Air Corps over the last 44 years.  This badge is a flight suit badge and is worn by the crews still flying the Alouette III until the last  flight in September 2007.  Diameter is 85mm.

	Alouette III  Commemorative (Jun 2007)

AIR CORPS CADET CLASS - NAME BADGE   

This badge was introduced in late 2007 by the 26th Class.  It is worn on the flight suit / jacket in the same position as the pilot wing and is a means of identification. 

	26th Air Corps Cadet Name Badge		27th Air Corps Cadet Name Badge

The Breman Flight Commemoration Badge:

Attempting the first successful east to west crossing of the North Atlantic by airplane, two Germans, Baron Ehrenfried Guenther Freiherr von Huenefeld (aka. The Crazy Baron) and Captain Hermann Koehl, along with Irishman Major James C. Fitzmaurice flew their Junkers W33 monoplane named "Bremen" from Baldonnel Aerodrome, near Dublin in Ireland, bound for New York on the American East Coast.

Taking-off at 06:38hrs on the 12th April 1928, the flight lasted some 36 hour 30 minutes before the pilots were forced to land on a frozen lake at Greenly Island, Newfoundland, but by this time having now successfully completing the first east to west transatlantic flight.

The weight of the aircraft broke through the defrosting ice, partially sinking, but was later recovered.  During the rescue mission for the three pioneers, an American pilot Floyd Bennet died.

The original "Bremen" aircraft is now owned by the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit but is currently on display at Bremen Airport in Germany (as of April 2003).

The above badge was first worn by the four man crew of a Beech King Air 200 aircraft renamed "Fitz" who recently retraced the flight of the "Bremen". 

The crew of the "Fitz" was Brigadier General Ralph James,  Lieutenant Colonel Gerard O'Sullivan,  Captain Eamon Murphy,  and Sargent Anthony Conlon.  They departed Baldonnel Aerodrome on the 12th April 2003 at the exact same time as the "Bremen" and retracing it's historic journey to Newfoundland.  A second aircraft accompanied the "Fitz" on it's flight.  It was a single engine TBM 700,  piloted by Lieutenant Paul Kelly and the German women, Margrit Waltz.

This badge was designed by 2nd Lieutenant Niall Goff and 2nd Lieutenant  John Butler of the Irish Air Corps.

 Page Updated : Monday, 02 June 2008