Marc Joel Atrero

A17 — Bell 206B-1 Kiowa Throughout the 1960s, Bell helicopters dominated the rotary-wing elements of the Royal Australian Air Force and Army. Sixty-five Bell 47G Sioux were delivered to the Army from 1960 to 1969, and 64 Bell UH-1 Iroquois were delivered to the RAAF over the 1962–1973 period. A further seven Iroquois saw service

Laying To Rest The Beaufort Bogey There has been a lot written recently about the Beaufort and a series of mysterious crashes in RAAF service. Various theories have been put forward to explain the tendency of the aircraft to dive into the ground from cruise flight, from sabotage to the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning

The Eagle X-TS Gemini said The Eagle X-Ts The remarkable Eagle X-Ts looked like no other aircraft I had seen. Starting out as a two flying surface canard, it is now more an unbraced tricycle biplane (or sesquiplane) with considerable negative stagger. But it clearly handled like a Star Wars X-wing fighter, as ex-Mirage pilot

Regional Airline News Air Facilities will commence twice daily operations on the Deniliquin to Canberra route from May 23 using Cessna 310R Vh-Skt. Air Facilities has scheduled its flights to connect with Ansett and Hazelton services in Canberra. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

More Air Force Support Activities Being Carried Out Commercially Eleven of 16 Royal Australian Air Force activities in the Defence Commercial Support Programme (CSP) have been won to date by commercial enterprises in Australia. Coupled with four activities that have been won by RAAF in-house bids, the forecast annual recurring savings amount to $33.13 million.

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