Bristol Sycamore Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of articles on aircraft he flew during his service with the RN and RAN Fleet Air Arm. Several months ago I flew into Vienna Airport and as we taxied into the terminal, there, mounted on the top of the building were three old aircraft, one of which

10 Years Ago The first Boeing 757 was rolled out at Renton on 13th January and had its first flight on 19th February, one week ahead of the original schedule. During the 21⁄2 hours in which speeds up to 250kts were reached, all basic aircraft systems were evaluated including landing gear retraction and extension, speed

Warbirds – The Professional Restorers Recently, Australian Aviation paid a flying visit to Bankstown to interview two of the professional restorers of old civil and ex miltary aircraft who have established their workshops at this busy airfield. We were particularly interested in how the market was fairing in the current economic recession. More importantly perhaps

Yakovlev 18T In early November last year I was asked by John Sherrington, on behalf of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, “Would I be available to guide the visiting Russian aviation goodwill expedition around Australia during December?” After a lot of arm-twisting and persuasion (I think it took as long as half a second