Year: 1990

Fighter World a New Concept in Promoting Aviation History A new concept in commemorating the history and achievements of the RAAF’s fighter squadrons, past and present, is to be established at Williamtown air force base, north of Newcastle. Appropriately named Fighter World, the innovative exhibition will be a first in that it won’t in traditional

Socata/Mooney Tbm 700 With the TBM 700, TBM of France has brought to fruition a design concept developed, but not productionised by the sages of the US general aviation industry. The concept of a pressurised single engine turboprop has been synonymous with the NASA application of advanced technology to GA that grew out of the

50 Years Ago … July 1 – Britain, 250 miles (400km) west of Ushant Is. Just after dawn, Sunderland P9603 (RB-H) of 10 Squadron RAAF captained byF/lt W ‘Hoot’ Gibson, bombs a German submarine just after it has crash dived and the U-boat is heaved back onto the surface. Four more bombs buffet the vessel

What will it be like flying the line in 2011? Rick Hession, a 707 First Officer, offers this thought-provoking tongue in cheek glimpse of what the future might possibly hold. At forty eight thousand feet the Boeing 797 Magna cruised along an airway cloaked in purple hued velvet. Up here the night sky was serene

The Boeing 737 Part II Part Thirty One in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The economic conditions in the early 1980s produced a sharp downturn in airline traffic, the severity of which was completely unexpected by industry experts. The drop in custom coincided with the beginning of deliveries of

New Entrant Gate Priority Released: The DTC released on May 22 the priority of order for new entrant airlines seeking access to existing Ansett and Australian Airlines gateways at airports where common user terminals do not exist. Priority was given as Compass, Trans Continental and Southern Cross (in that order) though the aviation support minister,