A Tale of Press on Regardless This is a tale of events that took place on a day some forty one years ago, but the morals to be drawn are as applicable as if it had all happened yesterday. In subsequent years I used to recount the events of this particular day to my students,
Sukhoi Su-29 Sukhoi! To many people the name conjures up images of a Russian high performance aircraft. It certainly does to me and in this case it conjures up an image of one of the highest performing aerobatic aircraft in the world. ie: The Sukhoi Su-26/29. Since commencing competition aerobatics two years ago, I have
Adf Bombing Helps Stem Nsw Fires It has gone little noticed that Australian Defence Force efforts in combating last January’s New South Wales bushfires are believed to be the largest ADF involvement in natural disaster relief work since Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974. Much of the ADF aid was aviation related, with Army and
Air New Zealand’s Australian Option Don’t hold your breath waiting for Air New Zealand to buy control of Ansett Australia. Despite all the operational arguments favouring it, Air New Zealand’s Chief Executive and Managing Director, James McCrea, downplays the likelihood of such a move. That appears to be part of Air New Zealand’s strategy to
Kiwis Take the Gold as Australia’s Inaugural Air Race Becomes Airborne Valleyfield, a WW2 Training Field Came Alive in Early March With the Sounds of Thumping Radials and Screaming Continentals and Lycomings as Australia’s Inaugural Pylon Racing Event Took Wing. And took wing it did. The gutsy move some two years back by the Launceston
Qantas-Usair Codeshare: Qantas and USAir have concluded a new codesharing arrangement which will see up to seven daily flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco operating under Qantas flight codes. Qantas terminated direct flights between Australia and San Francisco on March 27 and will now concentrate solely upon services to Los Angeles. The USAir codeshare