Year: 1990

Two Contenders for Postof Next Raaf Cas? Two RAAFAir Vice Marshals appear to be the front runners at this stage for selection as the next Chief of the Air Staff (CAS). Such speculation is current amid apparent indications that the current CAS, Air Marshal Ray Funnell (and the Chief of Naval Staff, ViceAdmiral Mike Hudson)

In our opening comments last year we made mention that the majority of airlines in our region were experiencing a period of solid growth and that future prospects looked good. Less than six months later airlines in Australia were plunged into the most damaging industrial dispute in their history with the mass resignation of the

Rally Harvard to Stay One entrant in the recent UK to Australia Air Rally that has attracted the attention of the warbird movement was a Harvard IIA with the wording ‘Spirit of San Francisco’ painted along the fuselage. Flown by Peter McMillan and Keith Clarke, the Harvard, reported to be N4995A, finished the rally and

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The Era of the Pacific Flying Boats In peace or war; no area of the world favoured the operation of flying boats more than our own Pacific region. In this article, Peter Gamble documents the emergence of the first long-range flying boat services under the flag of PanAmerican and continues to report just how vital

50 Years Ago … August 1 – Germany. Hitler issues Directive 17 – conduct of air and sea warfare against England. Operation Seelowe(Sealion), the invasion, is to be launched on September 15. Britain. 10 Blenheim fighters of 236 Sqn escort 13 Blenheim IV bombers attacking Querqueville aerodrome at Cherbourg. P/O Bryan McDonoug!’1 in Blenheim N2774(ND-N)