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Blunty News West Sale in Victoria is the place for JP Jet Provost and BAC Strikemaster aircraft. Seen recently at West sale were two BAC 167 Strikemasters plus two Jet Provosts. The tri plus one are not normally seen as West Sale is a tad off the usual enthusiasts trail. One Hunting Jet Provost or

Has Virgin Australia turned the corner back to profitability? Virgin Australia’s transformation from cheap and cheerful low-cost carrier Virgin Blue to a diversified airline group has to be arguably the biggest, quickest makeover in Australian aviation history. It has also been a hugely expensive exercise that its major shareholders have heavily funded as Virgin burned

Preparing for journey’s end For every take-off there has to be a landing. When one thinks of an arrival at the base or destination airport the thought is usually just one of the circuit, flaps, speed and touch-down. But there is more to the arrival than that. Without making a meal of it the arrival

Only one new type is shown in the New Allocations this issue but it is probably the most interesting that we have seen for some time. The Elson Space Engineering Haleiso 150 BNF is a high altitude research balloon which is in Australia for a project which the operators do not wish to publicise until

The Flying Training Action Group (FTAG) is a new RAAA initiative and preliminary work with this group has already begun. The RAAA is working with all interested Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) by considering how we might best capture the key stress points in their businesses and to then develop a targeted plan with detailed steps

The USAAF 49th Fighter Group over Darwin This year has seen many 75th anniversaries of battles and campaigns from the darkest hours of 1942, with the Battle of the Coral Sea (4 to 8 May) prominent. But in all these commemorative activities there has been no mention of the air campaign over Darwin conducted by