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The New Zealand CT-4A Airtrainer can trace its ancestry from the Australian Victa Airtourer, designed by Henry Millicer in the 1950s. The Millicer Airtourer, powered by a 65 hp Continental engine, first flew on 31 March 1959, and the production rights were then purchased by Victa Consolidated Industries.
The Victa Airtourer VH-MVA, powered by a 100 hp Continental, flew on 12 December 1961, and this was developed into the 115 hp Lycoming version which flew in September 1962. Victa produced 172 Airtourers up to the end of 1966. When the company was unable to obtain either a government subsidy or tariff protection against foreign competition, the complete project was sold to Aero Engine Services Ltd (AESL) of Hamilton, New Zealand. The four-seat Victa Aircruiser project was similarly sold to AESL in 1970.
The first AESL Airtourer, registered ZK-COW, flew in mid-1967 and was a 115 hp Airtourer designated model T2. The T3 had a 130 hp Continental, the T4 a 150 hp Lycoming with a fixed-pitch propeller, and the T5 had a constant-speed propeller. The T6 model, with an increase in weight over the T5, finished the Airtourer production at 80 aircraft, including four for the Royal New Zealand Air Force and six for the Singapore Air Force. These six T6 aircraft were later sold by Singapore and came to Australia on the civil register.
In 1969 an AESL T4, ZK-CJN, flew to Australia for RAAF evaluation. RAAF Air Staff Requirement 67, issued in May 1971, laid down the requirements for a basic trainer to replace the Winjeel, and AESL responded with a development of the Aircruiser powered by a 210 hp Continental. Known as the CT-4, the prototype, ZK-DGY, flew on 23 February 1972. The CT-4 was selected by the RAAF over the Scottish Aviation Bulldog, and the order for 37 aircraft at a cost of $3.2 million was announced on 24 July 1972. The Royal Thai Air Force, which had been awaiting the Australian choice, then ordered 24 CT-4s, and these were delivered before the RAAF batch.
Today, the remains of s.s. Merimbula, a large twin screw steamship, lie below Whale Point on Beecroft Peninsula, north of Jervis Bay. The vessel ran its bows onto the point on the night of 27 March, 1928, later breaking up on the steeply shelving reef.
The first GAF-built Canberra Mk 20 (A84-201) flew in May 1953 and entered service with No 82 Wing in December of the same year. No 2 Squadron was the first to receive the Canberra, followed by No 6 Squadron in 1955 and No 1 Squadron in 1958. The 48th and last Canberra Mk 20 was delivered in September 1958. Five aircraft (A84-201 and 203-206) were converted to dual control Mk 21 trainers in 1958-59.
RAAF Canberras achieved some national fame in 1953 when A84-201 and 202 participated in that year's England to New Zealand Air Race, the latter finishing a close second outright to a RAF Canberra. Long-distance flights were a feature of early RAAF Canberra operations, including goodwill trips to the USA.
The Canberra's distinguished RAAF career officially ended on 30 June 1982 when No 2 Squadron flew four aircraft over Brisbane and surrounding areas in a farewell fly-past.
«Η τελετή τέλειωσε. Η Μαρίνα βγαίνει από την εκκλησία, στηριγμένη στο μπράτσο του άντρα της. Ο πλακόστρωτος περίβολος ξαπλώνεται θαμπωμένος από φως κιτρινόχρυσο, εξαίσια αντίθεση στον καταγάλανο θόλο τ΄ ουρανού. Από το πέλαγο ο μπάτης σιγοπνέει γεμάτος αρμυρές οσμές κι αργοσαλεύει τα φύλλα των φοινικιών. Δεξιά, σε κατανομή αμφιθεατρική, υψώνεται η ηλιόλουστη πολιτεία, σμιλεύοντας το λευκό ασβέστη της με τη ζαφειρόσκονη τ’ ουρανού. Η ζωή της χαμογελάει’ της ανοίγει την γλυκιάν αγκαλιά της να την δεχτεί, να την βαφτίσει στις χαρές της. Με στέρνο πλημμυρισμένο από ευτυχία μισοκλείνει τα μάτια μπροστά στην εξαίσια εικόνα και το μεθυστικό όραμα. Χαμογελάει γλυκά, Και γέρνοντας ολόκορμη προς τον άντρα της, του παραδίδει το ριζικό της»
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(Απόσπασμα από το βιβλίο "Η Μεγάλη Χίμαιρα" του Μ. Καραγάτση)
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The CAC Sabre, also known as the CA-27, was an Australian jet fighter aircraft. It was designed and built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) in the 1950s. The Sabre was based on the North American F-86 Sabre fighter, and was produced under licence from North American Aviation. The Sabre was the first jet fighter to be operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and was used in a number of conflicts, including the Vietnam War. The aircraft was retired from service in the 1980s and replaced by the F/A-18 Hornet.