Raiders From the West: Skywest Airlines of Perth have purchased the Melbourne-based H. C Sleigh Aviation Ltd to become the largest GA company in Australia Skywest will now operate a total of 44 aircraft ranging from piston twins to pure jets. Skywest operates 28 aircraft in West Australia and currently employs 170 people H C.

34th Mirage Lost: The RAAF lost its 34th Mirage fighter during early August. Squadron Leader John Kindler ejected safely when the developed troubles while exercising with the Navy off Jervis Bay, NSW The RAAF Williamtown-based Mirages are now logging considerable hours in fleet support duties which was task formerly operated by Nowra based RAN A-4G

Pan American World Airways provided the shock of the US airline’s second quarter results when it topped the table for profit from operations. It reported an operating profit of $US49. 7 million, its largest since the third quarter of 1979, and a net profit of $10. 4 million, the first since the third quarter of

The arrival of any new aircraft from Boeing is a matter of great significance. When the first Qantas 707 arrived in 1959, it enabled that airline to be in the forefront of the mass travel market which was soon to confront the international operators. The immensely successful 727 commenced service in Australia in 1964 and