Australia did not deploy a fighter squadron to South Vietnam, however by the end of the conflict, a selected number of Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilots had seen combat service while on exchange duty as Forward Air Controllers (FACS) with the US Seventh Air Force. FACs were fighter pilots who flew light aircraft such
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Caa’s Materials Evaluation Facility – A Cost Effective Investment in Aviation Safety The spectre of aircraft failure and stress fatigue weighs heavily in the minds of every safety conscious flying operation around the world. The effects of structural failure are quite often catastrophic, and therefore the need for analysis of the these failures is critical.
Reno Air Races 93- And Who Said It Can Only Happen in America? – That’s About to Change! The 1993 US National Championship Air Races (NCAR), popularly known as the Reno Air Races were held September 13-19. This year the NCAR celebrated its diamond anniversary by reaching the unique milestone of 30 consecutive years of
Weekend Away. . . ? A re-enactment by Macarthur Job It is to be a merry long weekend in Adelaide for Melbournians Rick, Ken, Darryl and Tom. The plan is to fly there in a pristine Piper Cherokee 235, hired from a flying school at Moorabbin with which both Rick and Ken had been associated
China of Significant Importance to Australian Aviation Imagine a market with a population 66 times the size of Australia. Imagine a market that even today boasts the equivalent of one million millionaires. Imagine a market that last year saw air traffic grow by a third and set to double every two and a half to