Pivotal conflict remembered and other top stories.

• Pivotal conflict remembered

  

  THE former military aircraft Orion took to the skies of Hobart, delighting the crowd gathered to mark 76 years since the pivotal Battle of Britain.The national commemoration of the Battle of Britain is held in Hobart each year in recognition of the conflict’s historical significance as a new era in how war was fought.The battle was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces and lasted from July 10 to October 31, 1940, as part of World War II.GALLERY: BATTLE OF BRITAIN COMMEMORA..

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• Historic ferry back where she belongs

  

  A GRAND old dame of Australian maritime history has returned to the Hobart waterfront.The passenger ferry Emmalisa, built in 1947, has been restored and is ready for the next chapter in its long nautical story.The boat’s owner, Hobart schoolteacher Chris MacGregor, is exploring all options.He said it could provide great accommodation for tourists or it could be run as a floating restaurant.“There’s a lot of tourism attractions on the waterfront but none of them are actually floating,” he said.me..

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• Close racing in Pipe Opener night race

  

  Michael Hutchinson’s Hobie 33 Emotional Rescue has taken AMS honours in the first race of the Piper Opener,  a night race from Hobart to Green Island in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. The Hobie 33 is the only keelboat produced by Hobie Catamarans and Emotional Rescue is thought to be the only one of the class in Australia. The race started from off Castray Esplanade at 7pm last night and sailing in light to moderate breezes,  the fleet of 32 yachts finished between midnight and 1am this morning w..

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• Drive to dump Denison electorate name

  

  THE Hobart electorate of Denison would get a name change to honour Andrew Inglis Clark under a proposal being pushed by a former Tasmanian of the Year.Rodney Croome, best known as a gay rights activist, has started an online petition urging the Australian Electoral Commission to honour Hobart-born Inglis Clark.Inglis Clark was a principal author of the Australian Constitution, an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer, University of Tasmania vice-chancellor and Supreme Court judge.I..

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