Bizjet News In this issue of Traffic, we record the departure of another four of our bizjet fleet to overseas operators. In its heyday, the Bond Corporation operated a fleet of four bizjets – Boeing 727-100 VR-BHK, Falcon 900s VH-BGF and VH-BGV, and Falcon 200 VH-BGL. Financial problems have since resulted in the disposal of

No Fool Like No Fuel Funny the emotions that a quick perusal of the logbook can evoke. Long forgotten faces and events seem to leap out of the simplest of entries. One in particular caught my eye. It was brief and cryptic – “19 October, Caribou A4-179, A’drops THG, 3. 6hrs. ” It was the

Last December, an F-111 from RAAF Amberley was operating in the Coolangatta control zone on tower frequency 118. 7, testing the new radar. Part of the routine involved “maximum rate turns”. Meanwhile, an Australian Airlines 727 (VH-TBO) made its initial Tower contact with Coolie, quite unaware of the F-111, or what it was doing. This

Jetstream 41 Rollout Heralds Improving Fortunes for British Aerospace The rollout of the first British Aerospace Jetstream 41 27/29 seat commuter turboprop at Prestwick, Scotland on 27 March marked the beginning of a new era within the company’s Commercial Aircraft organisation. Following more than a decade of heavy investment in all its projects the 146,