Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780959420500
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Vintage and Veteran Aircraft in Australia
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780959420500
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Military Aircraft of Australia, 1909-1918
Author: Keith IsaacsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Beskriver militærflyvningen i Australien herunder flytyper og organisation samt den historiske udvikling for Australien's flyvevåben
Military Aircraft of Australia
Author: Keith IsaacsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Australian-built Aircraft and the Industry
Author: Keith Raymond MeggsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft industry
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
"An encyclopaedic, four-volume work on every aircraft type proposed, designed, or manufactured in Australia, from Lawrence Hargrave's experiments in the 1880's, through to the authors self-imposed cutoff point in the mid-1980's. The four-volume work lists over 540 aircraft types as well as detailed histories of the companies involved in their construction. Coverage is multi-faceted, being technical, operational, historical, industrial, and political. Along with the text is the most comprehensive collection of photographs, technical drawings, and diagrams yet assembled into the one reference work, many of which have never before been seen outside the original source. Exhaustively researched over the past 40 years by the well-known aviation personality Keith Meggs, a man uniquely placed to write on all aspects of Australian aviation from construction through to operational flight. All volumes are superbly indexed and cross-referenced with the main text reinforced by extensive and detailed endnotes. Aircraft enthusiasts, pilots, aeronautical engineers, manufacturers, industrialists, universities, and other technical institutions, "Australian-built aircraft and the industry" is a must have for your reference library. In Volume One the fourteen chapters cover the following activities: Hargrave, Taylor, the Commonwealth Prize, Early Experimenters, Duigan, WWI Activity, AA&ECo, 1924 Lightplane Competition, LASCo, QANTAS, WAA, RAAF Randwick, Individual Builders 1918-1939, AMSCo, MSB, Matthews Aviation, General Aircraft Co, Cockatoo Dockyard, Tugan Aircraft, Harkness & Hillier, De Havilland (Aust) - part 1, Industry proposals, and other snippets."--Provided by publisher.
Aircraft
Author: Military Aircraft of Australia
Author: Stewart WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781875671083
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
En gennemgang og beskrivelse af de fly som har været i operativ tjeneste i Australien fra 1921 til 1994.
Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force
Author: Air Force History BranchPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922488046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force tells the story of the RAAF’s first one hundred years by describing the acquisition, operation, and service record of the multitude of aircraft types flown by the RAAF. The 176 aircraft types include the flimsy wood and canvas aircraft typical of World War I, through the technological advances during and after World War II, to modern fifth-generation, complex aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II. Even before its formation Sir Richard Williams, the Father of the RAAF, had decided to employ an alpha-numeric numbering system to identify and account for each aircraft in service. This system started with A1, A2, A3 etc as each type of aircraft came into service. Each individual aircraft within each series was identified as A1-1, A1-2 and so on and the aircraft serial became known colloquially as the ‘A-number’. With some exceptions over the century since the A-number system started, aircraft entered RAAF service in broadly the sequence of the A-numbers, and so this book is intended to assist in charting the 100-year history of the RAAF by listing aircraft operated in A-number sequence, rather than by listing them by role (such as Fighter, Bomber, Maritime, Trainer, Transport etc) or alphabetically by name or by manufacturer. The inclusion of a comprehensive Index and the Quick Reference Guide to aircraft by role is intended to facilitate the location of the entry for any specific type of aircraft for those who may not already know its A-number. Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force is a must have for all those who have served in the RAAF, those with a passion for military aviation and aircraft in general, and the broader members of the public wishing to gain an appreciation of the Royal Australian Air Force in its centenary year.
Australian Transport Literature Information System
Author: The Classic
Author: John QuaifePublisher:
ISBN: 9781922896889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Selected in 1981 as the aircraft that would replace the Mirage IIIO as Australia's new fighter, the F/A-18 Hornet would proceed to establish an un-equaled record of service as Australia's most successful combat aircraft. Designed from the outset to deliver superior performance as an air-to-air fighter and a precision strike/attack aircraft, the Hornet, more than any other aircraft, has shaped today's Royal Australian Air Force. Entering service in 1985, the Classic Hornet, as it became known alongside later F/A-18 variants, would serve as the foundation capability for a generation of networked systems and air combat capabilities. Along the way it would be subjected to the largest and most complex upgrade program ever attempted, anywhere. The aircraft would also lead the way in two of the most significant applications of combat air power by Australian forces since the Vietnam War. Now retired from service, the full story of Classic Hornet aircraft in Australian service can be told through the experiences of those who dedicated their efforts to make this platform serviceable, work effectively or to evolve. Classic Hornets were on the front-line of Australia's combat capability for more than 36 years. The story of this remarkable warhorse is a story of evolution, incredible audacity, innovation, survival, and persistence.
An Interesting Point
Author: Steve Campbell-WrightPublisher:
ISBN: 9781922265722
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Point Cook has helped to shape modern Australia. Near Melbourne on the shore of Port Phillip, it has been the location for a significant number of the country's aviation 'firsts'.