Australian Aviation

10 Years Ago • The formation occurred at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall of the RAN’s first Sea King Mk 50 flight on 23 October. The flight consisting of three helicopters has been formed to enable RAN No. 817 Squadron air and ground personnel to familiarise themselves with the Sea King Mk 50. •The first flight of

Russia’s New Air Power Since the end of World War II, NATO has consoled itself with the belief that, although vastly outnumbered by the Warsaw Pact air forces in Europe, its technological superiority would always ensure victory in combat. Real life is never as simple as that. The writer suggested to a General of the

Probably the most successful postwar Italian aircraft, in terms of sales and export orders, is the Aermacchi 326 jet trainer. The obvious thing for the Italians to do in the early seventies, when 326 sales prospects had all but been satisfied, was to build a successor. Aermacchi’s problem though is ironic in that most of

John Spiers interviews BILL MEEKE and DENNIS HOWE The takeover of East-West Airlines by the Skywest group of Western Australia last Christmas sent shockwaves through the airline industry. By the third quarter of this year, Skywest/East-West was well on the way to establishing a national jet network linking all State capitals, albeit on some less

At 1 a.m. local time on the morning of Monday, 10th October, a Boeing 747SP, registration number VH-SRX departed from gate 27 at Honolulu International Airport on its regular scheduled flight to Townsville. On board were some 252 souls, passengers and crew, people returning from holidays, people setting out on holidays, people travelling on business.

July 7, 1984 will mark an important day in the corporate annals of Ansett Airlines, for it was on this day that they operated the inaugural jet service direct into a Barrier Reef resort complex. What seemed an impossible dream a few years ago is now becoming a reality as Ansett and Queensland entrepreneur, Keith