Australian Aviation

Nomad – Victor Or Vanquished No other Australian aircraft has been the centre of as much attention as the Nomad. There have been those who vehemently declared that the aircraft should never have been built, and there are those equally certain that the aircraft would have blossomed had it not been the victim of bureaucratic

Super Commuters Battle for Market Position The coming super commuter war is hotting up. Indeed a few short years ago the term ‘super commuter’ did not even exist. Today two new-technology types are due to enter service next year with three more to follow in 1985. In our June edition, we previewed the Franco/Italian ATA42,

For the first time ever Australia went to war with the right aircraft. The war was Vietnam and the aircraft was the lumbering Caribou. In this exciting article, George Odgers relives the legends and achievements of . . . In Vietnam airlift made a contribution to the battle unparalleled in the history of war. The

The Bristol Freighter Part Thirteen in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The Bristol 170 Freighter was the first true heavy freight aircraft to enter service in Australia. Prior to its introduction, freight was carried by aircraft basically constructed as passenger airliners but modified during World War II for cargo

RAAF F-18 Hornet Programme on Target By Air Commodore Hans Roser Director-General of the Tactical Fighter Project The past six months have seen much progress on the F/A-18 Programme both in Australia and the United States. In North America, the Hornet is now in service in the Canadian Defence Force and the US Marine Corps

USAF Military Airlift Command in Australia Flying the ‘Down under’ Kiroo Mission With the USAF The huge grey and white aeroplane crouched, like some Gargantuan basking lizard, on the apron at RAAF Base Richmond. The aircraft was a United States Air Force C-141B – the Starlifter. The scene with this mammoth aeroplane dwarfing the Caribou