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Airbus Four Years Later Since its debut with Air France on the Paris-London route, passengers in many parts of the world have come to appreciate the comfort and convenience of the A300. It Is now in service with 14 operators. Among wide-body aircraft the A300 remains unique. It is the only one of the new

If one instrument of war dominated the Vietnam conflict more than any other, that instrument was the helicopter. Perhaps the senior American officer, arguing the virtues of the aircraft as a weapon, was pressing the argument too far when he declared: “The Vietnam war hangs on the rotor blade of a helicopter. ” Nevertheless, helicopters

Next time you board a modern jet airliner, almost regardless of make, spare a thought for that first Boeing prototype which helped make your current flight possible – the old Dash Eighty, Boeing Model 367-80 which on July 15, 1954 took com­mercial aviation into the jet age. Boeing have always been trendsetters. Prior to World

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Hang gliding is probably closer to most people’s dream of flight than any other sort of aviation. One trots forward a few3aces into the wind on some hill or cliff top, the feet are lifte clear of the ground and the legs tucked up, and one floats. One’s earliest flights are likely to be clumsy

The Australian at war has always carried with him a heritage of bravery and cunning not often surpassed by any other nation. Indeed the exploits of th. e RAAF and of Australians serving in foreign air arms are legend and something of which every Australian should be duly proud. One of the most successful. aircraft