Australian Airlines Fleet News The end for Australian Airlines was signalled on 06/05 when Boeing 737-376 VH-TAK ‘Daring’ was officially rolled out at Melbourne in the new colours of the Qantas Group. The colour scheme adopted is in fact the colour scheme presently carried by Qantas Airways with the only change being on the forward

10 Years Ago • The first RAF Lockheed TriStar 500 was placed into service on July 5 when 270 sol-diers were flown from RAF Brize Norton to Edmonton, Alberta. While four of the ex-British Airways TriStars are undergoing conversion to tanker configuration, two others are being used as transports pending their later modification. The RAF

Desert Storm Analysis – The Electronic Battle Part II The Allied assault on Iraq saw the collapse of a formidable integrated air defence system, probably the most lethal outside the Warsaw pact. The Iraqi system had much in common with the Soviet system, including equipment, deployments, operational doctrine and diversity of types. The ease with

A simple equation, learnt early in every aviator’s career states that:”Lift = Coefficient of Lift x ¼ x the density of the air mass x the Velocity squared x the surface area = Weight. ” Three of the four variables are used to control an aircraft in flight; they are of course coefficient of lift