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10 Years Ago Following the arrival of the USS *Constellation** at its home port of North Island, San Diego, California on June 2, the ship was formally decommissioned on August 7. Commissioned on October 27 196, the carrier was the USN’s second-oldest active warship with sister ship USS *Kitty Hawk** older by six months. USS
Jerry Yeagan collection up for sale! The name Jerry (Gerry) Yeagan is not unknown in Australia, with his recent rebuild and flight of DH-98 Mosquito, KA114/ZK-MOS/N114KA. The aircraft was totally rebuilt, some would say manufactured, in New Zealand and after it was test and locally flown was shipped to the USA. Now it is reported
Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, A320-200 to Jetstar and an A320-200 to Jetstar Japan, while departing were a 767-300 and 737-400 of Qantas and an A320-200 of Jetstar Asia. Qantas took delivery of 737-838 VH-XZH McClaren Vale in Melbourne on July 10 after the aircraft
Beware an old foe As we move forward in time most new aircraft have fuel-injected engines. Fuel injection results in smoother engine operation and improved power response as a result of a better air-to-fuel ratio in all cylinders than carburettors can provide. Secondly, fuel injection eliminates the prospect of carburettor icing because there is no
Forty-three aircraft are listed in the New Allocations section this month, more than twice the number of deletions. Only one new type is listed, the Whiskey IV. Warren Canning’s Whiskey IV OHW is the first of its type on the local register and is an all-wood, tandem two seater with a fixed tail-wheel and a
The need to keep the pressure on With all the turmoil on the political front it is hard to see where the aviation industry fits into national economic thinking. Certainly regional aviation has made its thoughts crystal clear to government in two significant policy documents, one published by the Australian Aviation Associations Forum and more
