Australian Aviation

10 Years Ago • Boeing have awarded a $2M contract to Hawker de Havilland (Australia) Pty Ltd for the manufacture of wing ribs and rudders for Boeing 727-200 aircraft, the fourth contract received by the company. • On 8 January the first of two General Dynamics YF-16 lightweight fighter Prototypes was flown in a C-5A

Is the Soviet Bear’s Bark Greater Than Its Bite Events surrounding the destruction of KAL flight 007 in September highlight some interesting flaws in the Soviet military in general and the Soviet air defence system in particular. To look at reality, it is inconceivable that the KAL 747 was on a clandestine spy mission as

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In the second half of 1940, there occurred in the skies over England a conflict of epic proportions which the world came to know as the Battle of Britain. Much has been written and argued and re-written and re-argued about this struggle, one of many points of contention being when it actually started. Various dates

Hands to flying stations, hands to flying stations. . . ‘ So started the pipe that prepared sailors to launch and recover a Bell 206 from more than 130 hours flying around Asia over the past three months. The Bell was deployed to Asia aboard HMAS Stalwart, a destroyer tender and nowadays the RAN’s flagship.

Recently I spent a very pleasant afternoon flying the Aerospatiale Trinidad. This elegant aircraft is now available in Australia through its Bankstown Airport-based distributor, Flight Safety Products. For those who do not recognise the name, this is an affiliated company to the highly regarded Australian Flying Training School. Flight Safety Products took over the Aerospatiale