Today’s world of the DC-3 makes virtually no distinction between the DC-3, Dakota, or C-47. There is very little to distinguish them for each other, save for a cargo door. The military have long since retired their trusty workhorses; well, almost – Australia will be retiring hers this year, but even so the DC-3 is
Hope for the Eighties If the 1970s proved to be fairly uneventful in terms of Australia’s civil carriers attitudes to fare innovation, competition and a spirit of deregulation, then the 80s will indeed usher in the real challenge of airline competition. In the past year the entire commercial aviation scene in Australia has turned a
The Bib Stillwell Story If there was one single name in General Aviation that was widely known to the lay public outside the aviation industry it must have been Bib Stillwell. The “Bib” part of it certainly helped, for this was a unique three-letter name, but to be serious, the man had become a national