Aviation history was made on Saturday, November 16, 1963, with the first flight in Australia of the twice-the-speed-of-sound Mirage jet fighter. The Mirage (number A3-3, and shown above landing at Avalon ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 379 words"I think we've got ourselves a bird, sir," was the first comment by test pilot Sqn Ldr Collings to the Chief of the Air Staff after the Mirage had landed. ...
Article : 380 wordsSixteen tons of supplies drift slowly earthwards. An RAAF Hercules ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 112 wordsAn electronic computer, costing over half-a-million pounds, is being bought by the ...
Article : 143 wordsof discussion was certainly the performance of the RAAF's first Mirage jet fighter to fly in Australia when Air Marshal Sir Valston Hancock, Chief of the Air Staff, talked at Avalon with test pilot Sqn Ldr ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsSix new substantive air commodores were named in the Commonwealth Gazette of November 28. A week later, the balance of the officer promotions for 1964 was published. There were two air com[?] ...
Article : 180 wordsAlthough only two official entries have been received for a hovercraft race on Lake Burley Griffin next year, it is known that a number of likely contestants, including RAAF personnel, ...
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RAAF News (National : 1960 - 1997), Sun 1 Dec 1963, Page 1
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