The Vickers Viscount occupies a unique place in the history of aviation development as the first propeller turbine aircraft to enter airline service. It utilised the then-revolutionary gas turbine engine to create a new standard of comfort in air travel. The origins of the Viscount can be traced back to decisions made by the Brabazon
Enough has already been written about fuel crises in various parts of the flying world, to fill more than a continent-size tank. In Australia, some pilots are thinking seriously about exchanging a high-powered aircraft for a smaller one – or hiring a smaller aircraft to do their flying, in the belief that there is an
16 vs 18 THE TACTICAL FIGHTER FORCE of Mirage Ills was originally scheduled to be replaced in 1975 with an aircraft which in turn would begin to be phased out in 1985. Luckily for the taxpayer, that original program was wiped out by defence economies, which (as it happened) saved the cost of an entire
Airspeed Ambassador PART ONE IN A SERIES EXAMINING THE AIRLINERS THAT ESTABLISHED CIVIL AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA The Airspeed Ambassador can trace its history back to the Brabazon Committee which met during 1943. It developed from a requirement originally known to the committee as the Brabazon IIA, an aircraft powered by piston engines for short to
The Government Aircraft Factories Nomad has been flying through a pretty heavy barrage of flak thrown up by the national media. Most of the criticism has been in the shape of alleged things wrong with the Nomad, and what GAF has or hasn’t done to remedy these alleged shortcomings. Facts revealed in an RAAF ARDU