De Havilland DH. 89 Dominie (Dragon Rapide) Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of articles on aircraft he flew during his service with the Fleet Air Arm It’s not often that you get to fly a twin-engined biplane; such was to be my good fortune whilst on exchange with the Royal Navy some thirty years

50 Years Ago . . . October 1 – North Africa. To facilitate the development of adequate air support for future land operations, No 1 (Australian) Air Support Control under the command of Major AD Malloy AIF will be formed during the month. It will work closely with 451 Squadron RAAF and No 200 Air

Haaf Flight Training – The New Look The RAAF is on the threshold of what can only be described as a fundamental structural change in its pilot training scheme. Central to the new philosophy is the use of the turboprop PC-9 as the principal training aircraft, and the adoption of civilian contractors to carry out

Liberals Plan Open Skies: The Liberal Party’s aviation policy contains a few surprises, if plans announced by its shadow aviation minister, David Jull, see the light of day when next there is a change of government. Among the policies announced are the complete sell-off of Qantas along with all of Australia’s airports to private interests