Air League Developing as Nursery for Future Aviators An afternoon’s flying at Camden Aerodrome on a recent balmy Sunday concluded with a brief chat with a Flying Instructor from the Australian Air League, and in no time at all, I had become fascinated with this organisation, deciding there and then to learn much more about

Dick Smith’s Aerial Calypso Not content with his achievements to date, Australian adventurer Dick Smith has found another Australian aviation explorer from the ‘Golden Age’ of flying to emulate. Little known Australian, Sir Hubert Wilkins, one of the earliest fliers in Arctic and Antarctic regions, is Dick’s latest hero. After evaluating possible types which were

Solo Around the World, Peter Norvill’s Ultimate Adventure Thirty-seven year old Peter Norvill from Murrurundi in New South Wales recently became the first Australian-born pilot to fly solo around the world, backwards as it were, against the prevailing winds. Not that world records are unknown to this man. He already holds three world records relating

More on the Possible Import Restrictions Saga Readers will recall our July 1988 item regarding the revised DOA Airworthiness Advisory circular that might or might not allow the import and operation of potential ANA 108A type aircraft. Part of the import approval hinged on whether the type in question had been operated in relation to