Australian Aviation

Defence Retains Point Cook Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Peter Lindsay, Confirmed in Late September That Defence Will Retain Ownership of Historic Raaf Williams Point Cook as an Open Working Heritage Base, With Its Future Use to Balance the Operational, Heritage and Community Needs of the Base. Defence Will Continue to Maintain Point

Apec 2007 the Apec Conference Held in Sydney Over September 8-9 Saw an Influx of Interesting Aircraft Visit Not Just Sydney but Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Raaf Richmond, Flying the Leaders of Over 20 Asia Pacific Rim Nations and Their Support Equipment to Australia. The Sultan of Brunei’s 747-430 V8-ali Callsign ‘v8-ali’ Arrived in Sydney

It’s about a year since word first started coming out of Canberra that the RAAF would acquire a squadron or two of F/A‑18F Super Hornets under the hurriedly introduced Project Air 5349. The Super will provide a Bridging Air Combat Capability (BACC) between the retirement of the F-111C in 2010 and the introduction of the

Worth the Wait? The Hawker Beechcraft (Formerly Raytheon) Hawker 4000 Impressed at Its Long Awaited Australian Debut in September When an Example Visited the Country on a Sales and Media Tour. The Pre-production Test Aircraft, the Eighth 4000 Built, Visited Darwin, Brisbane and Sydney After Stops in Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and Then Departed

The fall and rise of Skywest The fall, the rise, the fall and finally the takeoff of Perth based Skywest Airlines is an extraordinary tale of incredible professionalism on the part of the airline’s staff in the face of ownership, boardroom and management traumas over the past six years. The tale of Skywest is like

The Stinson 105 is arguably the very best of that large crop of Continental engined, high winged, American twoseaters produced between 1930 and 1950. These included Piper’s Cub, Coupe and Vagabond, Aeronca’s Champ and Chief, Luscombe’s 50 and Silvaire, Porterfield’s 75 and Collegiate, Rearwin’s Cloudster, Sportster and 175, Cessna’s 120/140 and various Taylorcraft. This content