Aviation Heritage Index


This page indexes articles related to civil aviation that appeared in Aviation Heritage, the journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia (AHSA). Volumes 17-33, covering the period 1976-2002 (with some gaps), are indexed by article.

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*** Denotes Departmental related material


Vol 17 No.1 Mar-April 76

  • "Bungana" an era begins, DC 2 Operations from Essendon, Holyman Airways.
  • Douglas Commercial Log - Chronology of Douglas Aircraft in Australia 1936 - 1976.


Vol 17 No.3 July-Aug 76

  • Monthly Notes - Civil. Overview of Australian Civil Operations


Vol 17 No.4 Sept-Oct 76

  • Monthly Notes - Civil.
  • Tugan Gannet Pt.1 - Early Australian Aircraft 1934 - D.Eyre


Vol 17 No.5 Nov-Dec 76

  • Monthly Notes - Civil
  • Accidents that made History - G. Macarthur Job.
  • Tugan Gannet Pt.2


Vol 17 No.6 Jan-Feb 77

  • Monthly Notes - Civil
  • Seaplanes in Australia


Vol 19 No.3 July-Sept 78

  • Maintainer MA-1 Airship - First Airship Flight in Australia - G. Sunderland
  • Edgar Percival EP 9 in Australia.
  • Aviation Pioneers Honoured - Robin Miller, Capt Horrie Miller - M.W. Prime.


Vol 19 No.4 Dec 78

  • Chrislea CH 3 in Australia. Light Aircraft built 1946-51 - G. Goodall


Vol 20 No.3

  • Bristol 170 in Australia - G. Goodall.


Vol 20 No.4

  • "And I decided that I would like to learn to fly" Dick Mant (Pilot in P.N.G. and Australia) - Greg Banfield


Vol 21 No.1

  • Offshore Helicopters on the North-West Shelf
  • The Kalgoorlie Aeroplane - Early Aircraft built in Kalgoorlie 1914


Vol 21 No.4

  • Ken Jackson Airline Pilot - Operations in P.N.G. and Qantas - Greg Banfield
  • John Duigan and the Avro Aeroplanes - Gary Sunderland


Vol 22 No.2

  • Sydney to Melbourne by Air 1952 and 1982 - Harry Williams
  • The Coffee Royal Affair - Smithy and Ulm to Wyndham Pt.1 - Keith Hatfield



Vol 22 No.3

  • The Coffee Royal Affair Pt.2 - Keith Hatfield
  • "I had read about Qantas" - Capt. Russell B. Tapp


Vol 22 No.4

  • From the cockpit - The Beech 18 - Ben Dannecker
  • Memories of Ansett Flying Boat Services - Harry Williams


Vol 23 No.1

  • A Flight across Yesterday (First Flight across New Guinea Jan 1928) - John Hopton


Vol 23 No.3

  • "I became fascinated by Navigation" (Story of JLB Cowan - RAAF and Qantas) Pt.1 - Greg Banfield.


Vol 23 No.4

  • TAA Fleet list - John Wilson


Vol 24 No.3

  • "I became fascinated by Navigation" (Story of JLB Cowan - RAAF and Qantas) Pt.2 - Greg Banfield.


Vol 24 No.4

  • In the Twilight of the Pioneers - Fifty years since Smithy.


Vol 25 No.1 Mar 87

  • Stewart Middlemiss Story Pt.1 - Many References to RM Ansett, Purvis, Civil aircraft and Essendon Airport.


Vol 25 No.2 June 87

  • Stewart Middlemiss Story Pt.2 - References to Civil Flying Boat operations, Ansett.


Vol 25 No.3

  • Last colours of Airlines of South Australia.
  • Keith Farmer - References to Glider towing Essendon, Geelong Coode Is.
  • Old Bus meets New Bus - Southern Cross at Brisbane and Replica Southern Cross.


Vol 26 No.1

  • JR Duigan - First powered Australian Flight (whole magazine refers)


Vol 26 No.2

  • Harry Hawker in Australia
  • Early Douglas DC 2 Operations in Australia


Vol 26 No.3

  • Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service


Vol 26 No.4

  • Guinea Airways Ltd. - Operations on the Australian Mainland


Vol 27 No.2


Vol 27 No.3 - June 96

  • ***The Low powered Aeroplane trials of 1924 - Bill Baker
  • *** The other 75th Anniversary - Australian Civil Aviation Administration - Roger Meyer


Vol 27 No.4 - 1996

  • Jack Clancy and his Brothers (aircraft designer and engineer) - Around Australia on 40hp.
  • The Miss Hobart enigma - DH86 missing Launceston to Melbourne 1934


Vol 28 No.1 - Jan 97

  • From Tractors to Seaplanes - Ian Monk (aviation in W.A.)
  • Wackett's Wizard - (Wizard Aero Engine 1924)


Vol 28 No.2 - March 97

  • Smithy
  • 60 Years in Aviation - Dr. Henry Millicer
  • From Tiger Moths to Boeing 747's - Capt Ken Nicholson


Vol 28 No.3 June 97


Vol 28 No.4 Sept 97

  • Civil Flying Boat Operations Hamilton Reach and Redland Bay 1946 - 1974


Vol 29 No.1 - Jan 98

  • ***Too Small too Soon - Maylands Aerodrome 1923 - 1963
  • Allan James Hughes Navigator RAAF - QANTAS


Vol 29 No.2 - March 98

  • Ansett Australia - Complete Fleet List


Vol 29 No.3 - June 98

  • Air Services in Australia
  • Australia's Junkers JU 86


Vol 29 No.4 - Sept 98

  • Daring Deeds in the Desert - VH-UEM Crash in Victorian Desert
  • Avro Anson in Australian Civil Aviation - A brief History


Vol 30 No.1 - Jan 99

  • Queensland Airlines Pty. Ltd. - A Brief History - John Wilson


Vol 30 No.2 - March 99

  • Aeroflights - The Billboard Barnstormers - Neville Hayes
  • Milton A. (Joe) Taylor - Air Services in Australia and P.N.G.


Vol 30 No.3 - June 99

  • The Drover Story DH Drover DH A 3 - Bill Downes
  • Flying for Qantas 1945 through 1949 - John Morton
  • *** Politics and Civil Aviation - Creation of DCA - Dr. Leigh Edmonds
  • Arthur Schutt - Mac Job


Vol 30 No.4 - Sept 99

  • C.G. (Fred) Fox (RAAF - QANTAS) interview - Greg Banfield
  • 40th Anniversary of first Commercial Jet services to Melbourne (DH Comet)


Vol 30 No.5 - Dec 99

  • The Sikorsky S-38 and S-39 in Australia - David Eyre


Vol 31 No.1 March 2000

  • The RG Carey Story (Pioneer Australian Aviator) - Bill Baker
  • Lebbeus Horden and his Aeroplanes - David Eyre


Vol 31 No.2 June 2000

  • Alan Wharton DSO DFC OBE MID (RAAF - Qantas) - Greg Banfield


Vol 31 No.3 Sept 2000

  • De Havilland DH - 83 Fox Moth - Edward Fletcher
  • Guinea Airways Lockheed 14 crash at Katherine 1939 - MJ Flanagan
  • Short S.23 Empire Flying Boat Australian Connections - John Wilson
  • The Australian Sopwith Gnus - Douglas Pardee
  • Robin Miller Dicks - The Sugar Bird Lady - Shirley Adkins


Vol 31 No.4 - Dec 2000

  • Bristol Coupe Tourer - Edward Fletcher
  • LASCO designed and built Aircraft - Douglas Pardee
  • Lawrence Hargrave - Ian Debenham


Vol 33 No.2 - June 2002

  • Index to Civil Identities Douglas DC2 DC3 and variants on the Australian Civil Register
  • Front and Rear Cover Photo - Qantas Constellation crash at Mauritius 24th August 1960
  • Len Sales - WW2 RAF Wireless op/Air Gunner, Malaysian Airways Radio Officer, QANTAS Navigation Officer and later B747 Pilot. Latterly ATPL Theory teacher at University of NSW.
  • Out of the fog and into the sea - Fatal accident to TAA F27 at Mackay on 10th June 1960 - Bill Baker
  • Aeroplane fatality at Port Melbourne - report on fatal accident to Avro aeroplane - EC Johnston
  • Not as skinny and small now - Historical gliding in Australia - Jim Dunstan
  • Gordon's Australasian Air Guide - Monthly air travel information document launched in 1937 - Roger McDonald
  • Pre-War civil Aircraft of Western Australia - No.7 DH 84 Dragon - Edward Fletcher
  • Return to Darwin - Sixtieth anniversary of the bombing of Darwin - Flt Lt K.N. McDonald DFC RAAF (ret'd)
  • Supplement - Index to Civil Identities - Douglas (Piston engined) Transports on the Australian Civil Register DC2, DC3 & Variants - John Hopkins



Index compiled by Brian Surtees, CAHS

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