10 Years Ago Hawker Pacific has delivered its 500th Beechcraft aeroplane, a C24R Sierra VH-SNH to Mr Jack Hailes of Sydney. During the of years Hawker Pacific/Hawker de Havilland have held the distributorship, about 300 of the heavier Debonairs, Bonanzas, Barons and over 100 of the lighter Musketeers, Sundowners and Sierras have been sold. •The

Business Aviation Growing Rapidly During the first two months of 1988 the use of business aircraft by Australian companies has rocketed. 1987 proved to be a year when many companies entered, for the first time , the world of business aviation. We saw a significant number of our corporate leaders realise the advantages to be

Boost in Aerospatiale Sales An order from the Swedish Air Force for 1 O aircraft has boosted the sales of the AS332 Super Puma family to 260 with the aircraft now comprising 45% of the current Aerospatiale workload. The company has also received an order for 30 Gazelle recce halos from the French Army. This

Another Vampire Flies Vampire T35, A79-636, took to the air again on Saturday 27th February following a lengthy restoration. The machine, which was restored by No21 Squadron RAAF (City of Melbourne) on behalf of the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Vic was flown by Sqn Ldr Ron Haack RAAF AR who can normally be found