Marc Joel Atrero

10 Years Ago • A non-stop flight record for Qantas aircraft was made by Boeing 707 VH-EAF “City of Townsville” when it flew 7,380 statute miles non-stop from Sydney to Santiago, Chile on September 13. Piloted by Captain A. Terrell the aircraft took 12 1/4 hours for the journey. The return flight was made with

In 1979 Fairchild Industries in the United States and SaabScania Aerospace Division in Sweden announced that they had commenced a joint feasibility study to produce a fast, pressurised, 30-plus-seat turboprop airliner. This would take advantage of the major advances in powerplant, propellor and airframe technology and would offer airlines excellent fuel economy, low noise level,

The Australian Department of Defence has announced its requirement for an Iroquois helicopter replacement programme. Responding to what will ultimately be a billion-dollar order are Aerospatiale with their Super Puma, Sikorsky with the export version of the UH-60 Blackhawk, Westland with the military development of the W30 and Boeing/Bell with the revolutionary JVX Tilt Rotor.

The Vickers Viscount Part Nineteen in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The period 1957/58 was a time of considerable change in Australian domestic aviation. During August 1957, the Directors of Australian National Airways agreed to an offer from Ansett Transport Industries to acquire ANA for 3. 3 million pounds,

 Pan Am Sells Its to Pacific United Operations Airlines: Ailing PanAm stunned the avia- sion world during April when it announced the sale of its Pacific operations to the free world’s largest airline, United. The deal will nett PanAm some $US750m which it desperately needs to liquidate much of its accumulated deficit which in the

Department of Aviation Review Commences: As a direct result of Dick Smith’s book, Two Years in the Aviation Hall of Doom, which is also being serialised in this magazine, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Expenditure has decided to look into the matters raised in the book. Additionally, the Committee will also accept submissions