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Charrak Air Electra Enters Service Charrak Air took delivery of Lockheed Electra L-188CF N360Q at Cairns on April 22 after the aircraft ferried in from Roswell, New Mexico via San Diego, Maui and Majuro. N360Q is owned by the JBQ Aviation Corporation of Miami who has a 50% holding in Charrak Air. The Electra operated
Modification Work to Start on Former US Navy Tank Landing Ships Extensive modification work to convert two former US Navy tank landing ships (LSTs) to Training and Helicopter Support Ships (THSS) for the Royal Australian Navy is due to start soon following the conclusion of contract negotiations in late April. A Newcastle company, Forgacs Engineering,
The Long March The Booming Chinese Airline Industry Strapped in a comfortable business class seat and awaiting pushback, one cannot fail to be impressed with the vast array of new and diverse aircraft passing us on the ramp. Brand new 747-400s, MD-11s and A300-600s pull into new aerobridges to disgorge hundreds of passengers at a
10 Years Ago Flight Systems of Newport Beach has proposed the replacement of the Lockheed T-33’s existing Allison J33 turbojet with the Rolls-Royce Adour 861. The Adour turbofan is smaller and lighter than the J33 and has a lower specific fuel consumption which would extend the range of the T-33A by about 60%. Up to
A Kittyhawk, a Corsair and a Harvard Big news is that Graham Hosking of Victoria, a keen Ryan owner, is swapping a Curtiss P-40F for a Vought Corsair. In doing so he will also obtain another aircraft. The P-40F Kittyhawk was one of two recovered from Erromango, Vanuatu in 1989. This is the Merlin powered
Dc-3 Ditches In Botany Bay Based on a report by Bureau of Air Safety Investigation. Owned by a charter operator and based at Camden Airport, the Douglas DC-3 had been engaged to fly a Sydney school’s army cadet band to Norfolk Island on Sunday, April 24, 1994, to take part in the island’s Anzac Day
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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
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UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
