Australian Aviation

While armchair experts cogitate on the question of whether the current Australian recession has bottomed out, and its place in a global flabby period, the hard fact remains that many Australia-based light aircraft distributors and dealers are taking a good, long look at themselves. . . Are they guilty of never having had it so

Hopefully some time through the currency of this issue a final decision will be made on which type of carrier will bear the RAN ensign following the retirement of HMAS Melbourne. The smart money, and certainly the navy’s enthusiasm, points to the acquisition of HMS Hermes as an interim vessel until an Invincible class carrier

DeHavilland Dragon Part Ten in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia Of the band of surplus aircraft from World War II to make their mark on post-war aviation in Australia, the Dragon was perhaps the most ancient-looking. In addition, with its biplane configuration coupled with associated wires and fabric covering,

A little-known area of Qantas operations is the General Aircraft Services unit. This specialist unit is relatively low on manpower but big on expertise in the critical role of supporting visiting corporate, passenger charter, military and freight aircraft. Officially designated General Aircraft Services in 1982, the unit has been in operation since the early sixties

According to Air Nuigini pilots, de Havilland Canada must have had Papua New Guinea in mind when they designed the remarkable Dash 7. Their reasons became obvious when I recently Joined Captains Ian Phillips, Dash 7 fleet captain, and Peter Sharpe, for a special charter flight in P2-ANO to give delegates to a Port Moresby

The Mitsubishi Aircraft International Marquise, type certificate designation MU-28-60, is going for the throat of an increasingly specialised consumer market in Australasia. . . John Perry flies the aircraft they call the Rice Rocket. The type, with its sisters the Solitaire and Diamond I, is being aggressively marketed by Essendon-based lnterair Pty. Ltd. , using