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Description: A magazine commemorating 50 years of RFDS in WA. History of RFDS and the technologies used. Published by the RFDS in 1985. 84 pages.
Significance: GAF Nomad used by RFDS. Level of Importance: .
Part No. 829AS142-5MR
non-fiction
Technical overview of Atlas Army co-operation aircraft, circa 1929
DLA100-90-c-0420.USAF drawing No.66D1596
non-fiction
Outline of equipment & methods for the inspection of Lancaster bombers, circa 1943
2 ring binder format
non-fiction
Operating guide for Piper Seneca pilot, circa 1976
non-fiction
Overview of systems, equipment & methods for visual flight, circa 1974
non-fiction
Instructions/rules for the maintenance of Hispano Suiza rotary engines, circa 1918
non-fiction
Technical overview of single valve (monosoupape) rotary engine
Spiral bound " vertical" list
non-fiction
Basic pilot check list for Piper Cherokee PA28
pilot check items
Manual in book form
non-fiction
Technical overview of Saro Cloud amphibious flying boat, circa 1935
saro cloud
Duplicate item
non-fiction
Technical lecture notes for trainee pilots circa 1940
Tape bound manual, partially torn title page on front cover/.
non-fiction
Full technical overview of engine change units for Ghost Mk 10410 engine, plus amendments . Circa early 1950s to late 1960s
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
