Maz Jovanovich
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Maz Jovanovich
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Aussie military aviatrix, test pilot, lapsed physicist, occasional writer. Come for the aeroplanes, stay for the snark.
It was a great night - squadron hangar bash to farewell the P3!
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Making history is beautiful and messy. I’m here for all of it.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
But when I saw it today, all I could see were its beauty and importance. The setting, the amazing people pinning on those rank slides, the wonderful people I know are just out of shot cheering. And yes, the lampshade, because it proves how far we’ve come and what women can do.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I look like a lampshade in the maternity uniform and I used to hate this photo because of that.

This is not how I had imagined this important milestone would look.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is me, at the end of my squadron command, 6 months pregnant and being promoted to Group Captain - the first female pilot in RAAF history to make that rank - by one of my mentors and my husband, in front of my beloved squadron and our magnificent aircraft, the P3 Orion.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Sounds perfect - enjoy!
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And our adversaries will rejoice.
October 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Aussie Aussie Aussie! 🤣
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I love 3 different things about this.
October 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
That’s awesome.
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Watching it from across the Pacific is… disquieting.
September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Yes! This is the perfect way to think about it!
September 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Love it! It suits you so well!
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
As I lay there with him all soft and sleepy in my arms, I suddenly saw myself as a very old woman lying on a bed at the end of my life.

And I knew with full certainty that this would be the moment I will want to come back to over and over.
September 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Hard relate…
September 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It is really hard, and sometimes impossible. I’m really just talking about doing whatever you need to do to protect your mind and soul.
September 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Easier said than done, I know. But it’s worth the effort.
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“you should make sure your psychological centre of gravity is in your real and immediate world – the world of your family and friends and neighborhood, your work and your creative projects, as opposed to the world of presidencies and governments, social forces and global emergencies.”
September 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM