November Nine Zero One Three Victor Who would have believed that in 1995 here in Australia we would be talking about seeing and hearing such aircraft types as the Lockheed Super Constellation, the Lockheed Electra and the Douglas DC-4. The restoration project on the Super Constellation has been well documented in this magazine while the

July, 1945. 50 Years Ago July 1 – Borneo. In the amphibious landing at Balikpapan which begins early morning, some 200 ships taking part, with hundreds of Allied aircraft thundering overhead. This operation is the biggest of the three Borneo invasions and the final landing in the OBOE series. USAAF Liberators bomb the shore defences

An aircraft baggage container capable of absorbing shock waves from bombs such as the one which destroyed the PanAm 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, has been developed by Royal Ordnance (RO), a subsidiary of British Aerospace (BAe). The new Protective Cargo Container (PCC) has undergone extensive trials at RO’s unique Fast Event Facility at Chorley in

10 Years Ago Four Viscounts have been purchased by British Air Ferries from Euroair, taking its fleet total of the type to 17. The first flight of an RAF Lockheed TriStar K.Mk 1 tanker took place on July 9. It is the first of six TriStars to be converted from British Airways TriStar 500s by