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Bankstown Helicopters Opens Mascot Training Facility In a recent move, Bankstown Helicopters has opened a training facility at Mascot. The CFI, Tony Drover said that while recognising that it could take up to 15 minutes on the ground to get a clearance at Mascot, the new facility would cater for those students who had difficulty

Wreckage of 1927 se5a Crash Recovered In February a RAAF group recovered the remains of an RAAF SE5a, 65 years after it crashed on May 11, 1927. It was while returning from Canberra with photographs of the opening of the then new Federal Parliament House that SE5aA2-8, piloted by Sgt Orme Denny, experienced engine failure.

A few additional callsigns for the RAAF from 81 Wing and 25 Squadron for your monitoring use (refer p. 91 Apr 92 AA). From 81 Wg JACKSON and SEARCHER, while 25 Sqn has PHANTOM, DEMON, ANSON, MINOR, BREWSTER, HERO, DEV IL and FURY. As well as these, 1 Sqn has a single newie . .

McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of articles on aircraft he flew during his service with the Fleet Air Arm My first close look at a Skyhawk was in the early sixties aboard a visiting USN carrier berthed at Garden Island dockyard. The ship was operating A-4C’s and a visit had

This issue of our Major Airline Directory covers the first 12 month period of airline deregulation in Australia and as we forecast last year Australia has experienced exactly the same problems as has gone before in North America. Compass Airlines were the first of the new deregulated airlines and to date they have been the

10 Years Ago The first production British Aerospace Jetstream 31 which first flew on March 18, is currently undergoing 75 hours of flight testing with certification planned for this month. It will be refurbished in a 12 seat Executive Shuttle layout and used as a BAe demonstrator. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation