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Choppers Cut Crime Wave A police helicopter swoop has rounded up 1,300 criminals in only nine days in South Africa. The purge in crime-racked Johannesburg netted armed robbers, house breakers, car thieves and murderers as eight Puma machines and modified Bell helicopters, scoured South Africa’s biggest city in a campaign code named operation Chopper. South
50 Years Ago . . . January 1-Ambon. A tragic new year for13Squadron RAAF. F/O John Turnbull flying Hudson A 16-29 on a shipping search, crashes into the sea. Only Sgt Bernie Hack survives. North Africa. In their first Kittyhawk combat, 3Squadron RAAF encounters 16 Ju 87s and six Bf 10 9s about to attack
The Wrong Engine On January 8, 1989, a British Midlands Airways Boeing 737-400 crashed while making an emergency approach to land at East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, UK, following an inflight engine shutdown because of a suspected fire in the No 2 engine. The accident, which occurred on short finals after the No 1 engine lost
Dash 8 Fleet Additions Southern Australia and Sunstate Airlines have both announced orders for the DHC-8-100, which further consolidates its position as market leader in its class in Australia and New Zealand. On 01/01 Sunstate Airlines (Mildura) changed their name to Southern Australia Airlines, reflecting both its association with Australian Airlines and also closer identifying
Parliamentary Committee Slams DOD The Parliamentary Defence Sub-Committee late last year released a scathing report on the efficiencies of the Australian Defence Force Reserve, being especially critical of what it said was the gross inefficiency of the military capability generated by the Army Reserve. It also expressed the view that the Royal Australian Air Force
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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
