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Southern Comfort – The Twin Beech Taxying the Twin Beech is a little like walking on ice in leather soled shoes. This big heavy aeroplane, with its freely castoring tailwheel, completely lacks direct steering. That is not to say there is no means of controlling the beast, it is just that the cautious navigation of

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Traffic

by Marc Joel Atrero June 16, 1993

Qantas/Australian Fleet Interchange Another stage in the takeover of Australian Airlines by Qantas was reached on 29/03 when the two airlines commenced an interchange of fleet units on a scheduled basis. On that day Qantas Boeing 767-238ER VH-EAM operated Australian flights TN530/461/42/45 from Sydney to Coolangatta and return and from Sydney to Perth and return,

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Warbirds

by Marc Joel Atrero June 16, 1993

Mig-15s Grounded Following the fatal crash of MiG-15(SBLim-2), VH-LSN, at Canberra on Saturday March 13, the MiG-15 type in Australia was grounded by the CAA while the accident investigation takes place. It is understood from several sources that the aircraft was on fire in the air and that the most likely reason for the loss

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Comanche Maximum Overkill My interest was raised as soon as I picked up the strangely shaped box. “One minute learning curve!” it proclaimed. Being used to spending several hours “converting onto a new flight simulator, I wondered if it would be possible to be flying within a minute of starting the programme, and if it

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A Secret Agenda for General Aviation? Were the spate of “industry consultations” conducted by the CAA throughout Australia in February and March to explain proposals to recover the costs of the Safety Regulatory Function (refer p10 April 93 AA) the writing on the wall for the GA industry? The meetings, for the most part called

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