Australian Aviation

Pan American World Airways provided the shock of the US airline’s second quarter results when it topped the table for profit from operations. It reported an operating profit of $US49. 7 million, its largest since the third quarter of 1979, and a net profit of $10. 4 million, the first since the third quarter of

The arrival of any new aircraft from Boeing is a matter of great significance. When the first Qantas 707 arrived in 1959, it enabled that airline to be in the forefront of the mass travel market which was soon to confront the international operators. The immensely successful 727 commenced service in Australia in 1964 and

For those enthusiasts who watch the airports and skies for new aircraft, some may have recently noticed an attractive two-tone blue twin turboprop, on its Australian demonstration tour. This aircraft, G-TALL, is the new British Aerospace Jetstream 31, a 14,660lb (6650kg) Garrett-powered turboprop, with an excellent pedigree, ready to take on a multi-role function as

Another Lancaster for Australia? Recently an ex-French Air Force Lancaster was discovered by aircraft enthusiast Barry Coran on Wallis Island, north-east of Fiji in the South Pacific. Barry, a long-time aircraft restorer working in conjunction with the RMF Air Museum at Pt Cook, has purchased the four-engined WWII bomber and is now endeavouring to have

Has the DofA Become a Luxury That General Aviation Can No Longer Afford? No one can deny that these are difficult economic times. However, for general aviation, It is nothing short of disastrous. There are aircraft distributors in Australia who have not sold a new aircraft in the past 12 months. It would be difficult

There is a saying that goes, ‘Good things come in small packages,’ and this statement could not be anything but true when it comes to describing the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Indeed, few if any aircraft have been designed and built to such a degree that they surpassed the requirements of the intended customer in