Museum Mirages With the progressive introduction of the F/A-18 Hornet as the RAAF’s front-line fighter defence, high-time Mirage fighters are being gradually taken out of service. Some of these Mirages are going to museums and at 3. 00pm on the 31st of March Mirage A3-3 made its final landing before going on static display in
International Visitors The star attraction of the period was the arrival in Melbourne of a Uruguayan-registered DC-8 freighter. Aero Uruguay brought their DC-8-55F CX-BLN to Melbourne on April 19th. The DC-8 is positioned in to operate a pig charter to Singapore and Colombo on April 21st. DC-8-55F c/n 45804 was built in 1966 on order
“There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to describe what goes on inside a pilot’s gut when he sees a SAM get airborne. ” Cdr Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, USN, 5 NVAF MiGs confirmed. Evading the Guided Missile Guided missiles are an integral part of modern aerial warfare. In the last three decades, a profusion of types and
Australian Bailout of Western Queensland Routes While Air Queensland Contracts Operations: Effective May 31 Australian Airlines withdrew their loss-making Jetstream services from the western Queensland routes. Their replacement will be 10 passenger Beech Super King Air 200s operated by New Guinea-based Talair Talair surprised many industry observers by winning the five year western route contract
Scenic Airship Flights Fully Booked: The Alan Bond/Ansett Airship’s Pacific scenic flights over Sydney have proven to be a great success with hundreds of forward bookings already logged for the months ahead. The Bankstown-based joy flight operation commenced during May and for $200 a person gets to experience a 75 minute scenic flight over Sydney
Us Coast Guard Nomad Purchase Not a Direct Sale: Ike us, you thought the reported price of $A29m, for seven Nomad Search master aircraft for the USCG was a little high then don’t worry, it isn’t a misquote. The $A29m actually is basically a contra under the terms of the defence export initiative of October