A6 – Vickers Viscount The route by which two Vickers Viscount airliners, originally intended for TransAustralia Airlines (TAA), ended up in RAAF service was quite an unusual one. The prototype Vickers Viscount, registered G-AHRF, first flew on July 16 1948 and was the first propeller turbine aircraft to enter airline service. TAA ordered six of

The Born Again Commander 114B Booming along in the commodious cabin of a new Commander 114B would instill a sense of wellbeing in even the most jaded touring pilot. This big black beauty may not be the quickest 260 horsepower retractable on the block, but boy what a comfortable delight it is to fly. Substantial,

Australians went to the polls on March 13 to elect the government that will lead this country through the coming three years. The choice basically came down to more of the same from Labor or a radically different fiscal and philosophical approach via the Coalition’s Fightback programme. To ascertain what a Coalition victory would mean

Davis Monthan – The Ultimate Desert Boneyard It is difficult to describe the experience of visiting the massive Aerospace Maintenance & Regeneration Centre at Davis Monthan air force base in Tucson, Arizona. DM is home to over 3000 aircraft, ranging from small helicopters through to hundreds of long surplus eight engined B-52s. This writer first