Flying Operations Index

Registration Markings

Examples:

In the early days officers of the Department made a number of pioneering flights - read Round Australia in 22 Days: 1924 Style

See a strip map of the Melbourne-Adelaide air route - 1939

Read about post-war Flying Doctor services and the formal definition of Mercy Flights

Read about the Department's Flying Unit c. 1980

Read Keeping Us On The Straight And Narrow..., a 1990 article about the Flying Unit's work on navaid calibration.

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Flying Operations Index
	The need to regulate flying operations for the safety of all was one of the issues driving the establishment of the Department in 1921 and this is still an important role. Over the years, the Department has also operated a large number of aircraft in its own right.
	Select from an index of Departmental aircraft since 1921 < (click on the DCA aircraft logo at left)
Registration Markings Registration Markings of Australian Aircraft Registration Markings of Australian Sport Aircraft Examples: gliders ultralights powered hang gliders gyroplanes manned free balloons In the early days officers of the Department made a number of pioneering flights - read Round Australia in 22 Days: 1924 Style See a strip map of the Melbourne-Adelaide air route - 1939 Read about post-war Flying Doctor services and the formal definition of Mercy Flights Download a Movie Clip: A Position Report, 1950s-style The Phonetic Alphabet - Old & New Read the History of the Departmental Flying Unit Read about the Department's Flying Unit c. 1980 Read Keeping Us On The Straight And Narrow..., a 1990 article about the Flying Unit's work on navaid calibration. Read about Flight Survey Operations in Vietnam - 1996 Back to the main History Menu If this page appears without menu bars at top and left, click here