Within the Royal Australian Air Force there are a number of small flying units, each of which plays a small but important part in the overall RAAF structure. Number 34 Squadron (VIP transport), the Aircraft Research and Development Unit, and Number 4 Flight (Forward Air Control) are three groups of specialist flying units. Number 34

Part five in a series examining the airliners that established civil aviation in Australia. The Boeing 707 undoubtedly ranks as one of the most significant transport aircraft of all time. While many fine airliners have entered service over the past few decades very few can lay claim to have brought about such a fundamental change

Since the earliest days of military aviation Its prime objective has been the destruction of targets. Whether we look at the hand grenades of 1914 or 1945’s Fat Man and Little Boy, we’ll find one Important factor they have in common. They were unguided, free-fall weapons, effective primarily due to the nature of their targets.

A polarisation in two versus three crew on the flight decks of the world’s new generation airliners is setting in, following an apparent first-round win to the twos. Australia’s domestics seem to have swayed on the side of three-man crews – TAA’s Airbus 310 has arrived with three crew spaces at the sharp end. Ansett’s