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TAVAS Great War Flying display to be a passionate tribute to the Great War aces

written by Anna Grbas | March 31, 2018

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A Fokker DR1, one of several World War One aircraft that will be on display at the 2015 Avalon Airshow. (Avalon Airshow)
The TAVAS Fokker Dr.I.

It seems apt that thanks to the first non-stop scheduled flight between Australia and the UK we are all taking stock of the technological leap in passenger aviation over the past 70 years.

Shift that focus to just a decade after the first true powered flights around 1903 and we are talking not a leap but a revolution – though the basis was far more about victory in war than getting people from A to B.

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Comments (3)

  • Paul

    says:

    There will be a single ship Rhino demo as well??

  • John

    says:

    Don’t think the Super Hornet was flying in 1916 . Might want to change the caption on the pic

    • australianaviation.com.au

      says:

      Probably not @John! Caption is now fixed, thanks for pointing it out!

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