The recently announced Boeing 737-300 is a longer-bodied version of the popular 737 twinjets, designed to burn less fuel per passenger and provide reduced noise levels for the short-haul markets of 1985 and beyond. The visible differences from the standard 737-200 are an eight-foot, eight-inch (2. 6m) longer body and new, larger advanced technology engines

One of the fastest single-piston-engined aircraft ever built was the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation’s CA-15 fighter of 1946. This powerful aircraft had incredible speed, climb, and range performance, and, although little known, is surely one of the Australian aircraft industry’s most outstanding achievements. The CA-15, however, was never to enter production due to the advent of