In over ten years of monitoring the aircraft communications radio frequencies, from time to time a certain brand of humour has reared its head. This humour seems to be of a type unique to men of the air. . . the pilots, controllers, flight service officers, ramp attendants and so on. A good many situations

The Vickers Viscount Part Eighteen in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The Vickers Viscount brought about a major change in the Australian domestic airline environment. It signalled the end of the piston engine for major trunk route equipment and heralded the accelerating change to gas turbine power which now

Joseph F. Sutter was named Executive Vice President of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company in September 1981. He is responsible for engineering and product development activities and for government technical liaison. In his lifetime at Boeing, he has been heavily involved with the design and development of prototype 707 and later Chief of Technology on

With total sales of the Hawk jet trainer now having exceeded 600 units, it is not surprising that British Aerospace Kingston have decided to bite the bullet and proceed with the development of a single-seat dedicated ground support version of their Hawk. Designated Hawk 200, the single-seater will carry all the modern offensive and defensive