10 Years Ago An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-200ER set a record on its delivery flight (May 31/June 1), making the longest-ever flight by a twin-engined commercial airliner. Flying from Dulles International to Addis Ababa, the aircraft covered 6,510 nm (12,082 km) in 13 hours and 17 minutes with 58 people on board. This was the

The Night Nobby’s Luck Ran Out Nobby Roach was not a particular friend, but I knew him well enough after the manner of casual aviation acquaintances. He often flew his Comanche into Barracoola and I used to see him from time to time in the bar of the aero club when flying was finished for

Laying To Rest The Beaufort Bogey There has been a lot written recently about the Beaufort and a series of mysterious crashes in RAAF service. Various theories have been put forward to explain the tendency of the aircraft to dive into the ground from cruise flight, from sabotage to the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning

The Eagle X-TS Gemini said The Eagle X-Ts The remarkable Eagle X-Ts looked like no other aircraft I had seen. Starting out as a two flying surface canard, it is now more an unbraced tricycle biplane (or sesquiplane) with considerable negative stagger. But it clearly handled like a Star Wars X-wing fighter, as ex-Mirage pilot