10 Years Ago The IAE V2500 turbofan had its first test run at East Hartford on December 12, 20 months after the design was started. Flight testing of the V2500 will begin in April 1987 with the engine mounted in the number 3 position on a Boeing 707. Pratt & Whitney Canada will modify the

Pyre of the Fighters No 6 Aircraft Depot was established on March 15 1943, 430km west of Brisbane, and 3km north of Oakey, a pleasant rural community on the fertile Darling Downs. The middle phase of the Pacific war had begun; the Allied forces in Australia were on the verge of what the official historian

A Lead-in Fighter for the RAAF Overflying ice flows that turn the dead blue sea into terrazzo, the arrival of QF2602 over the Antarctic is imminent. Suddenly the anticipation of the 343 passengers aboard 747-338 VH-EBV turns to sheer excitement as the rare opportunity to witness a spectacular landscape, hitherto seen only in the likes

British Aerospace Hawk 100 British Aerospace’s Hawk has become one of the world’s most successful lead-in fighter trainers. Hawk design team members were previously responsible for the immortal Hunter and the unforgettable Gnat. In August 1974 the first Hawk lifted off Dunsfold’s runway and into the history books. Since its 1976 entry into RAF service