Marc Joel Atrero

10 Years Ago The Indian Ministry of Defence is assessing the capabilities of various Indian shipyards with a view to a decision on the construction of a V/STOL carrier to replace the INS Vikrant in the mid 1980s. They are looking at a conventional carrier of 25,400/30,500 tonnes rather than one installed with ski jumps.

A20 – Boeing 707 The acquisition of the Boeing 707 as a strategic transport and aerial refueller for the RAAF had long been discussed. The first two aircraft were obtained in 1979 to supplement the C-130 Hercules fleet as long range transports, with the intention to obtain more and eventually acquire an air-to-air tanker capability.

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Into The Dust – A True Story From World War 2 “Have you anything for Cairo, George?” George was the RAF officer responsible for the dispatch of replacement aircraft from Rabat, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, to squadrons and units in North Africa, Malta, Sicily, and Italy. Mainly twin engined types, they had been

Trojans In Australia And New Zealand Of all the piston engined warbirds that have caught the imagination of pilots, owners and observers in the last few years the North American T-28 series Trojan must surely rate as the highest interest aircraft. This comes no doubt due to a combination of its role in the SE

Aa Makes A Happy Hundredth Welcome to the one hundredth edition of Australian Aviation. It was almost exactly seventeen years ago that issue number one then named the Australian Aviation & Defence Review, went on sale. In those seventeen years Jim Thorn, AA’s founder and managing editor, has seen a lot of change, both for