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Historical Details: . Description: The English Electric Canberra was Britain’s first jet bomber and first flew in 1949 and served with many Commonwealth countries. It was also produced in the USA as the Martin B-57 attesting to its world wide supremacy at the time.
The Canberra carried. Level of Importance: Regional
Shows silhouettes of the Focke-Wulf FW-187, Dornier 215, Henschel 126, and Fiat BR. 20, CR. 42 and G. 50 aircraft. Probably used during the early stages of the Second World War.
Published by British Aerospace in their capacity as sales representative of the Australian Government.
Placed together in a folder in May 2024 by Nelson Styles. Found together but loose in the Archives Office.
Manual features the number 59791 and "LHC Prowse, 93 Sqd RAAF" on the inside of front cover.
In addition to the Double Mamba, the booklets refer to the Nene as well as gas turbine and turbo-jet engines more generally.
Designed to assist the US and Canadian Ground Observer Corps as well as enthusiasts.
Contains an article from Flight Magazine about the Adder engine, as well as what appears to be an internal report about the characteristics of the aircraft requires for installation of the Adder engine
One of the pouches is marked with Boyle 45790
Correspondence relating to Public Relations.
Report by John Spiers outlines the 50-year lifespan of the DC-3
Provides illustrations of the Electra Mark 2, Bell 47J2 helicopter, Fokker Friendship, DC-6B, and De Luxe Viscount 832.
Announces the opening of Ansett's first hotel in Perth, designed to serve high-end business customers travelling internationally.
The booklet was produced in response to TAA proposal to serve the Perth-Darwin route with DC-9s. Reginald Ansett published this booklet to argue against this proposal, as the West Australian government had originally required Ansett to fly less popular routes. This required the purchase of new, smaller Fokker F.28 aircraft. Ansett was hoping to protect his monopoly on travel in West Australia and thereby protect his investment in new aircraft. He considered it unfair that TAA was not required to provide (less economical) services to smaller airfields in the same manner that Ansett was.
Provides information concerning the developing complexity of aircraft and the need for developments in maintenance to keep pace with advances in aircraft technology.
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