The Royal Australian Air Force Celebrates 75 Years of Proud Service The Royal Australian Air Force is 75 years old this month, one of the oldest independent air arms in the world. To help mark this important occasion, Stewart Wilson presents a potted history of the RAAF: its origins, its battles, its political background and
Williamtown Raaf Base I’ve just spent some very enjoyable time watching and monitoring military movements at the Williamtown RAAF Base, north of Newcastle. You don’t go visiting RAAF bases on weekends, because.. yes … you guessed it, with penalty payments likely to absorb too much of the Defence Budget, they prefer the military fliers and
Well, we’ve done the Pilgrimage, I’ve been to Oshkosh! Before going on, I should perhaps make it clear that although I regularly write for Australian Aviation, which is a co-sponsor together with Torii Tours of the annual Oshkosh/US Aviation Museum tour, I paid my own way. The reason I opted for the Torii Tours package
Sydney Television Evening News on January 8 Showeda Remarkable Aircraft Doing Remarkable Things Sydney television evening news on January 8 showed a remarkable aircraft doing remarkable things. With vortices curling from the wingtips, it skimmed across Rose Bay on Sydney Harbour, before climbing to release a deluge of white water. On one pass, to demonstrate
Casa Firm On Mandatory Requirement For Automatically Activated Elts Following the embarrassing exposure of suspect statistics relating to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority requirement for C91a ELTs, at a hearing of the Morris Aviation Safety Inquiry late last year (refer p23 Dec 95 AA), the Director of CASA, Leroy Keith announced that a full review
Inquiry Finds GA Safe but Problems Persist The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure has published its long-awaited report on its inquiry into aviation safety in the commuter and general aviation sectors. In the wake of the Monarch crash the Minister for Transport, Laurie Brereton, instructed the committee, led by Peter