Sydney Gets Its First Usn Carrier Visit Since the Vietnam War Era The first US aircraft carrier to enter Sydney Harbour since the end of the Vietnam War, visited Sydney during 5-16 June. Since the numerous visits of US carriers during the 1960s they have not been seen in Eastern Australian waters for some time,

Paris Air Show With over 1400 exhibitors from 30 different countries, more than 200 planes, helicopters, gliders and ultralights and demonstrations by some 80 aircraft daily, it is hard for any il’)9ividual company to make an impression at the Paris Air Show, especially if it comes from far-away Australia.Yet the very size of the Show

In Australian Service The Fokker F.27 Friendship Part II Part Twenty Six in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia Australia’s active participation in the F. 27 started in 1954 when TAA’s Chairman, Norman Watt, and Director of Engineering, John Watkins, visited the Fokker factory. They had been in Britain accepting

Airship Industries Win Major Us Navy Order Those members of the international business community who doubted Alan Bond’s wisdom in his buying the then-ailing UK-based Airship Industries in 1985 must now be eating their words. To many within the international defence environment, and particularly those of the Senior Service, the long-term concept of the modern