The pilot of the Cessna 210 had joined the circuit for landing on Runway 05. He completed the pre-landing checks including lowering the gear and he confirmed three green lights on final. The pilot was aiming to touch down on the numbers. The airspeed was 75 knots and reducing when he encountered ‘a bit of

Raaf Pc-9 Deliveries May Be Delayeo if Export Orders Materialise The Defence Department may be prepared to interrupt the RAAF’s delivery program of the Swiss-licensed Pilatus PC-9s if prospects of sales of the aircraft to New Zealand and/or Asia harden. Exploratory talks have been held with New Zealand and some Asian nation officials as to

The Fokker 50 Enters Australian Service The first of ten Ansett Fokker 50s entered service with Air NSW on November 16th. Previous to this the aircraft had completed a whistle-stop 14 day, 23 port publicity tour throughout the carrier’s network which is believed to have seen over 60,000 people inspect the new aircraft. And new

The Incredible Me 163 Komet Over Germany, at five minutes past six on April 10th, 1945, Flying Officer John Melville (Slops) Haslope, an Australian serving in 165 Squadron, RAF, peers down out of the cockpit of his Mustang Ill and sees a lone German rocket fighter firing at the bombers he is escorting. It then