The Story of the World’s Most Successful Wide-Bodied Jetliner Almost every superlative written about commercial aircraft is embodied in the Boeing 747 or as it is affectionately known, The Jumbo Jet. The giant Aluminium Sky now darkens at least 325 patches of blue around the world every waking day. Born a loser, the 747 rose
One gets accustomed to reading some “incredible” stories in our nation’s daily and Sunday newspapers. While the bulk of our press seem to gloat on their ability to seek and reveal the lowest portions of a story there occasionally emerges a correspondent who either rightly or wrongly contributes some astounding headlines on defence. Apart from
One of the most interesting battles now underway in Australian domestic aviation centres around the Ron Walker operation out of Essendon to the provincial towns of Warrnambool and Portland and across the Bass Strait to Devonport. These services are operated by Metroliners. The provincial runs have been built up with Cessna 402Bs over the past