The Warbirds movement is alive and well in Australia and with nearly 40 flyable warbirds and more than that potentially flyable, the future augurs well for the heavy metal squadron to be seen and heard in the air for many years to come. Since the Warbirds Register was last published in March 1984, there has

… Out of the Weather How an interrupted pre-flight inspection nearly had dire results. I guess that almost all pilots read the Aviation Safety Digest as well as the various media reports about this or that aviation drama that takes place. Yet, in spite of all of this, it is just so easy to become

Spitfire Exported During November Spitfire RR232 was shipped out of Australia to the UK. It is understood that the machine was sold by the UK auction house, Christies, at auction on October 31st to an, as yet, unknown buyer. Spitfire RR232 was a static aircraft and very much a hybrid or composite machine. Owned by

A Weapons Fit for the New Utility Helicopter This article is on a weapons fit for the new Utility Helicopter, the Sikorsky Black Hawk, being purchased for the Australian Army. This article is thus in three parts. The first part examines the pintle machine gun carried on the Utility Helicopter version; the second part is