Marc Joel Atrero

10 Years Ago • British Aerospace announced on September 3 that the name Typhoon will be given to export versions of the Eurofighter. Not only is the name Typhoon common to all four Eurofighter consortium nations’ languages but it also links to two WW2 types, the RAF Hawker Typhoon and the Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 108

Restored by the ‘Vulcan to the Sky Trust’, the Vulcan made its first post restoration flight in October last year, but Farnborough was its first public display. (Glenn Alderton) Historic Douglas C-54 for Hars Collection the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (Hars) Has Added Another Aircraft to Its Collection With the Recent Donation to the Society

The C-17A is a very impressive aircraft. Not only is it big – bigger than anything the RAAF has ever operated previously – but its ability to carry a load of up to 75 tonnes over significant ranges at jet speeds offers the ADF a whole new way of doing business. Not only do the

The return of the Australian designed two-seat trainer Piper named its Tomahawk trainer after the indigenous Americans’ most well known weapon so, when awardwinning Australian Dean Wilson Aviation recently started producing a more modern successor, it followed suit, with the Boomerang. Like the Tomahawk before it, this tough little aeroplane benefited from a comprehensive survey

Types on the Australian VH civil register AERO COMMANDER/ ROCKWELL/GULFSTREAM 100………………………………….. 3 112…………………………….. ……8 114………………………………. ..17 500A, 500B………………………..2 500S, 500U Shrike……………. 46 560E………………………………… 3 680 Grand…………………………. 5 681 Hawk………………………….. 1 685………………………………….. 1 690………………………………… 10 695 Propjet………………………… 1 AERONCA/BELLANCA/ CHAMPION/AMERICAN CHAMPION 14-31-2 Cruisair………………….. 1 11BC, 11AC Chief……………….. 2 7AC, 7BCM Champion…………. 5 7ECA Citabria……………………… 7 7EC

Flying a RAAF AP-3C ISR mission Canada this year hosted the regular Fincastle anti-submarine competition between crews from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK, providing valuable training in a friendly but competitive setting. The competition involves anti-submarine warfare (ASW) crews flying a series of complex missions that are critiqued and graded by a pair