Maz Jovanovich
@mazjovanovich.bsky.social
Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
They say a picture tells a thousand words - and this one definitely does.
I found it unexpectedly today while in search of another image and it stopped me in my tracks.
I found it unexpectedly today while in search of another image and it stopped me in my tracks.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
They say a picture tells a thousand words - and this one definitely does.
I found it unexpectedly today while in search of another image and it stopped me in my tracks.
I found it unexpectedly today while in search of another image and it stopped me in my tracks.
For my fellow geriatric millennials. A well spent Friday night after a loooong work week. The first album I ever bought with my own money. Still as good as ever.
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
For my fellow geriatric millennials. A well spent Friday night after a loooong work week. The first album I ever bought with my own money. Still as good as ever.
Things are objectively crummy right now. Here’s a smol pilot wearing a smol pilot hat in a smol plane. Take care of yourselves folks.
June 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Things are objectively crummy right now. Here’s a smol pilot wearing a smol pilot hat in a smol plane. Take care of yourselves folks.
81 years ago today. The original anti-fascist movement. Lest we forget.
June 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
81 years ago today. The original anti-fascist movement. Lest we forget.
On the left is one of the many stacks of Angus’s book around the house.
On the right is his current favourite book, the one he demands we read together.
I don’t know either.
On the right is his current favourite book, the one he demands we read together.
I don’t know either.
May 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On the left is one of the many stacks of Angus’s book around the house.
On the right is his current favourite book, the one he demands we read together.
I don’t know either.
On the right is his current favourite book, the one he demands we read together.
I don’t know either.
Mother’s Day with my loves. My heart is full.
May 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Mother’s Day with my loves. My heart is full.
A very special day today, to be joined by beloved family at Government House for my investiture as a Member of the Order of Australia. I am beyond grateful.
May 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A very special day today, to be joined by beloved family at Government House for my investiture as a Member of the Order of Australia. I am beyond grateful.
When aircrew fly their last flight at a squadron, it’s customary that they are greeted back with a fire truck salute.
This was my last flight in May 2018. I was leaving 10 Squadron on promotion, excited but worried I’d never fly the P3 again.
This was my last flight in May 2018. I was leaving 10 Squadron on promotion, excited but worried I’d never fly the P3 again.
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When aircrew fly their last flight at a squadron, it’s customary that they are greeted back with a fire truck salute.
This was my last flight in May 2018. I was leaving 10 Squadron on promotion, excited but worried I’d never fly the P3 again.
This was my last flight in May 2018. I was leaving 10 Squadron on promotion, excited but worried I’d never fly the P3 again.
Service transcends generations and binds us together in something bigger than ourselves.
To all who have served - thank you.
Lest we forget.
To all who have served - thank you.
Lest we forget.
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Service transcends generations and binds us together in something bigger than ourselves.
To all who have served - thank you.
Lest we forget.
To all who have served - thank you.
Lest we forget.
Watching dad do touch-and-goes this morning to show Angus that boys can be pilots too 😉
April 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watching dad do touch-and-goes this morning to show Angus that boys can be pilots too 😉
POV: you’re one year old and all geared up for your first airshow ✈️
April 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
POV: you’re one year old and all geared up for your first airshow ✈️
Never too early to learn how to cross an active taxiway ✈️
April 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Never too early to learn how to cross an active taxiway ✈️
Happy 104th birthday to my beloved Royal Australian Air Force! Wearing your ensign on my shoulder in good times and bad is one of the greatest privileges of my life.
March 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Happy 104th birthday to my beloved Royal Australian Air Force! Wearing your ensign on my shoulder in good times and bad is one of the greatest privileges of my life.
Post inspired by getting this a few minutes ago when clicking on a WASP article. For shame.
March 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Post inspired by getting this a few minutes ago when clicking on a WASP article. For shame.
No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.
March 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.
It’s been too long between aeroplanes. Happy Sunday, Bluesky friends!
March 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
It’s been too long between aeroplanes. Happy Sunday, Bluesky friends!
Slava Ukraini!
🎨 Nils Westergard, Netherlands
🎨 Nils Westergard, Netherlands
March 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Slava Ukraini!
🎨 Nils Westergard, Netherlands
🎨 Nils Westergard, Netherlands
Three years since the Russians kicked off their murderous three day “special military operation”.
Three years since the heroes of Snake Island stood their ground.
Now more than ever - Слава Україні!
Three years since the heroes of Snake Island stood their ground.
Now more than ever - Слава Україні!
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Three years since the Russians kicked off their murderous three day “special military operation”.
Three years since the heroes of Snake Island stood their ground.
Now more than ever - Слава Україні!
Three years since the heroes of Snake Island stood their ground.
Now more than ever - Слава Україні!
The aircraft neither knows nor cares whether the pilot is male or female. It neither knows nor cares about their race, religion, sexuality. All the aircraft responds to is skill, knowledge and experience.
February 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The aircraft neither knows nor cares whether the pilot is male or female. It neither knows nor cares about their race, religion, sexuality. All the aircraft responds to is skill, knowledge and experience.
So lucky. We love the NGA. Angus had his first trip there at 5 weeks old and he loved it. Here he is with my sister, staring at the giant sculpture hanging from the foyer ceiling.
February 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
So lucky. We love the NGA. Angus had his first trip there at 5 weeks old and he loved it. Here he is with my sister, staring at the giant sculpture hanging from the foyer ceiling.
Shakespeare on the National Library lawn. The Scottish Play. Excellent. So blessed to live in this great city.
February 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Shakespeare on the National Library lawn. The Scottish Play. Excellent. So blessed to live in this great city.
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Science takes many weird and wonderful forms and can take you some weird and wonderful places. It got me flying higher and faster than I could have imagined, doing experiments in labs that look like this ⬇️
Science takes many weird and wonderful forms and can take you some weird and wonderful places. It got me flying higher and faster than I could have imagined, doing experiments in labs that look like this ⬇️
February 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Science takes many weird and wonderful forms and can take you some weird and wonderful places. It got me flying higher and faster than I could have imagined, doing experiments in labs that look like this ⬇️
Science takes many weird and wonderful forms and can take you some weird and wonderful places. It got me flying higher and faster than I could have imagined, doing experiments in labs that look like this ⬇️
My “how it started, how it’s going” from a year ago today, and how it’s going now!
February 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
My “how it started, how it’s going” from a year ago today, and how it’s going now!
Professor James Reason passed away a few days ago. The Reason model - often known as the Swiss cheese model - of accidents revolutionised aviation safety and risk management practices, as it did for many other fields. Vale.
February 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Professor James Reason passed away a few days ago. The Reason model - often known as the Swiss cheese model - of accidents revolutionised aviation safety and risk management practices, as it did for many other fields. Vale.
Me: “Has Angus been… eating books?”
Syd: “Today his nappy contained something you could still read.”
Me: 😳
Angus:
Syd: “Today his nappy contained something you could still read.”
Me: 😳
Angus:
February 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Me: “Has Angus been… eating books?”
Syd: “Today his nappy contained something you could still read.”
Me: 😳
Angus:
Syd: “Today his nappy contained something you could still read.”
Me: 😳
Angus: