Australian Aviation

What Defence Might One of the US Navy’s Carrier Battle Groups Put up Against a Co-ordinated Attack by a Regiment of Soviet Backfire Bombers, a Missile Cruiser Task Force and a Nuclear-Powered ASM Submarine? In This Dramatised Scenario, a Seasoned Aerospace Writer Shows Us How Such a ‘Game’ Might Come Out… The view from ten

Technology for the US Air Force’s AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) has roots that span the era of the Nazi ‘buzz bomb’ and reach back to Orville Wright and the years of World War I. Cruise missiles differ from other missile weapons in that they do not depend on rocket propulsion. They are, in

Part Eleven in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of one of the most important maiden flights in the history of commercial aviation. On 1 July 1933, Carl Cover and Fred Herman piloted the one and only Douglas DC-1 on its rather eventful first

Since the devastatingly effective missions of 5th June 1967, the Heyl Ha’Avir, the air arm of the Israeli Defence Force, has become a legend for deadly effectiveness. In this exciting series, Israeli defence writer, Ben-Tor, describes from interviews with IDF aircrew how modern air combat is fought and won. October 7, 1973 MDC A-4N Skyhawk

Piper is tackling the recession with new models. This was the clear message given at the Piper international dealer meeting held at Vero Beach in late 1982. While most existing Piper models have had mild updates the most exciting news was that two entirely new types were being released later in 1983 that offered significant

With so many sectors of the Australian manufacturing industry currently experiencing problems of declining markets and technological obsolescence, it is pleasant to be able to write about a success story – the Australian Offsets Programme and the considerable benefits it has brought to the industry, particularly the aircraft industry which is the subject of this