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The “Mojo” callsign mystery has been cleared up once and for all. Some eighteen months ago, an aircraft exited Richmond RAAF Base and climbed out to high altitude over water to the east. The callsign: “Mojo 27”. I suspected at first it was a C-5 Galaxy, but until recently had no further clues to shed

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Sydney Airport Traffic Flow To Be Aided by Artificial Intelligence The introduction of a new artificial intelligence computer system for Australian air traffic control has been highlighted in Federal Parliament recently. Questions on the new and little-publicised system were raised by the Federal Opposition’s Shadow Minister for Tourism and Aviation, David Juli. In reply was

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Australia’s Messerschmitt flies again The world’s only flyable Messerschmitt Bf 109G made its first major public appearance for 49 years on 2 May – and two Australians played a vital role in its preservation. The 8f 109G “Gustav” wa”” captured by Wing Commander Bobby Gibbes and Wing Commander Ken McCrae at Gambut in Libya in

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50 Years Ago … August 1 – New Guinea. No 20 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron RAAF is formed at Port Moresby under the command of W/Cdr Bill “Hoot” Gibson DFC, formerly of 10 Squadron in the UK. On the 14th it will obtain six of the RAAF’s seven new Catalinas from 11 Squadron’s ‘B’ Flight. 11

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Turbine Airtrainer Continues Flight Test Program New Zealand’s Pacific Aerospace Corporation’s CT-4C is about as far removed from the original Victa Airtourer of the fifties as a Skymaster is from Concorde. The origins of the CT-4 Airtrainer light primary trainer can of course be traced to a design by Australia’s Henry Millicer. This won the

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Avro Lincoln I doubt that there are too many naval pilots who can claim one hour of command time in a Lincoln! This rare honour came about as a result in a change in policy at CFS during my instructor’s course, on how best to give an introduction to asymmetric flying. Prior to our course,

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