Come in Spinner During my Fleet Air Arm service I fortunately only broke one of Her Majesty’s aircraft and that was a Firefly in a shore based taxying accident. The brief circumstances were that I had just finished a session of aerodrome dummy deck landings at the Jervis Bay airfield and as I turned onto

The Corporate 1000 In the summer of 1910, young Geoffrey de Havilland finally coaxed his frail wood, wire and cotton biplane ‘Number 2’ off the big undulating field known as ‘Seven Barrows’ near Newbury, England. He may then have foreseen that his company would later produce thousands of aeroplanes of nearly 150 types. He might

50 Years Ago. . . October 1 – North Africa. The DAF maintains constant pressure on Rommel’s supply routes. Vehicles and equipment unloaded at Benghazi and Tobruk are attacked by long range Beaufighters while making the long journey to the front. In typical sorties, Sgt R Swift of 272 Squadron strafes six lorries, setting two

P-3C Orion Update Represents Major New Defence Budget Commitment The major refurbishment programme for the RAAF’s 19 P3C Orion maritime reconnaissance/anti submarine warfare aircraft is a key aspect of the new major capital equipment projects confirmed in the August 18 Budget brought down by the Federal Treasurer, Mr John Dawkins. While spending in 1992/93 is