The Avon-Sabre Trainer – A Forgotten Secret In the early 1950s, an aeroplane called the Sabre was hot in the news. In the United States, it was breaking speed records. Over Korea, it was achieving a kill ratio over the deadly MiG-15 of four-to-one. In Australia, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) were gearing up to manufacture

Pilatus/Hdh Pc-9 Ready to Enter Raaf Service When Defence Minister Kim Beazley made an announcement from Canberra In mid-December of 1985, he knew well it would cause some controversy. The announcement was that the Swiss Pilatus PC-9 had been selected in preference to the Australian A-108 turboprop trainer as the RAAF’s next basic trainer. The

10 Years Ago •The temporary withdrawal of approval to sell seven Boeing E-3A AWACS aircraft to Iran was announced on 28 July. This followed opposition in the US Congress brought about by concern that a highly classified system could fall into Soviet hands because of the 1200-mile common border with the Iranians. •The Handley Page