DON’T, WHATEVER you do, confuse the original US Air Force F-86 Sabre with Australia’s variant, the CAC CA-27 Avon Sabre. Why? Because RAAF had by far the superior model. Here a bit of explaining is needed. The original Sabre began its development at the latter stage of WWII, but it quickly became apparent that it
The ability to take friends, and perhaps even acquaintances (like family), flying can be one of the great rewards of attaining a pilot licence WHEN YOU passed your licence exams you no doubt answered questions about how many passengers you could take where for the level of licence you were aiming for. But there was
REGISTRATION/SEQUENCE/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/ DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AML]4]Pennec Gaz’aile 2]347]22/6/21]Mark Stephens, 337 Kalang Rd Bellingen NSW 2454 AST]4]Cessna 172R Skyhawk]17280202]30/4/21]AMT Helicopters, PO Box 857 Caboolture Qld 4510]PT-WOW N98ES BCP]6]Robinson R66 Turbine]1043]15/6/21]BCP Farming, PO Box 32 Mulgildie Qld 4630 BGI]3]Cirrus SR22T-G6 GTS]2254]26/5/21]A Goninan, 329 Monaco St Broadbeach Waters Qld 4218 BQZ]5]Innovator Mosquito XE]MXE1331]4/6/21]Leslie Skinner, GPO Box 1 Dover Tas
A number of whole fleets have been sold off, including Soar Aviation and China Southern WA Flying College, and even the RAAF’s PC-21s TWO NEW types are shown in the New Allocations section this issue plus two new variations on existing models, the most interesting being Mark Stephens’ Pennec Gaz’Aile 2 AML. Designed by Frenchman
Key aircraft movements from across the region
Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and air show news