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(Pictured above: This DH-115 Vampire, VH-VAM, had an issue in November and landed at Temora. It’s pictured here in 2008, shot by Paul Daw) AVALON CEO TO RETIRE The CEO of the AMDA, the organiser of the Avalon Airshow, Ian Honnery, will be retiring at the end of March this year. His replacement will be the
Warbirds seem to be the flavour of the month in this issue’s New Allocations section with the biggest news being the addition of SEPECAT Jaguar VH-UXB – although it seems unlikely that it will be seen in Australia. The Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet fighter capable of supersonic speeds and able to carry nuclear
Forget the quintessentially Australian name; the Boomerang story more sums up the Australian can-do attitude that guided the nation through WWII. Dreamt up in response to an urgent need for a fighter aircraft, the type moved from approval to first flight in 16 weeks, debuting in 1942. It’s a feat RAAF today rightly calls a
How good are your landings? On what data do you base that assessment – hard facts, gut feelings, how much applause you get from the passengers? In this article, Instructor Fabrice details how to objectively assess your landing performance, how to improve it, and some good uses for the data you will collect along the
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The aircraft launched Qantas overseas operations and enabled domestic operators to further develop with a new aircraft. Unfortunately, another side to the aircraft emerged.
