The Airbus A320 During the 1985 Paris Air Show the Joint Chairman and Managing Director of Ansett Airlines of Australia Sir Peter Abeles, and the President of Airbus Industrie, Mr Jean Pierson, announced that an order had been signed on 12 May 1985 in Sydney covering the purchase of seventeen examples of the all-new Airbus

Aquatic Airways Australia’s unique Seaplane commuter Without a doubt one of Australia’s most unusual commuter operators is seaplane specialist, Aquatic Airways. Based at picturesque Palm Beach on Sydney’s beautiful northern beaches, in what was an old boathouse, Aquatic Airways not only flies two veteran deHavilland Canada Beaver floatplanes but also operates them over Australia’s shortest

The de Havilland DH. 104 Dove Part Twenty-Two in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The de Havilland Dove was a most successful postwar product from the talented team at Hatfield. Based on the Brabazon Committee’s Type 58 aircraft which was intended to replace the Rapide, de Havilland designed the

Thai International Ushers in a New Generation of Powerplants With A300-600 Delivery Thai international October entry into service of its first Airbus Industrie A300-600 has effectively ushered in a new era in high by-pass big fan engines. Thai presently operates an all-GE powered fleet of 747s, DC- 1Os and A300s in an international route network