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Aerobatics in a Jumbo In February 1985 a Boeing 747SP was flying 300nm NW of San Francisco on a transpacific flight from Taipei to Los Angeles, when its number four engine lost power. In the next four and half minutes, as the crew attempted to relight the engine, the aircraft went into an uncontrolled rolling
Raaf Interest in More F-111s Senior Royal Australian Air Force planners are looking at the prospect of acquiring possible surplus United States Air Force F-111 strike planes as additional attrition aircraft for the under strength Strike/Reconnaissance Group stationed at Amberley in southern Queensland. The Group currently has 22 aircraft, which is down two on the
Bob Stevens, who is resident cartoonist for the excellent ‘Air Force’ (US) magazine, related a true story in one of his cartoons which featured in the August 1989 edition of AA. It concerned a USAF T-43, also known to the people who fly and maintain them as ‘FLUF’ . . . fat little ugly feller!
At the outbreak of war in September, 1939, there were about 450 Australians serving in the RAF in various parts of the world. Most were operational pilots on special Short Service Commissions. At the Imperial Conference of 1923, the UK proposed offering four year, short service commissions in the RAF to RAAF officers who had
Airline News Deliveries of aircraft to Ansett New Zealand, Australia, IPEC and Qantas together with changes to the Australian domestic charter fleet are the main topics of interest. Ansett New Zealand took delivery of their fifth and final BAe146-300 ZK-NZJ msn E-3147 at Christchurch on February 24th. In October 1989 Ansett New Zealand leased BAe146-200GC
Amendments to Fac & Caa Acts Two Bills to amend the legislation controlling the Federal Airports Corporation and Civil Aviation Authority were introduced into Federal Parliament on the last day of sittings in 1989. These Bills are expected to be reintroduced when Parliament assembles after the election. The Bills are a response to the 1989
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UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
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