A Worthy Alternative to the Small Corporate Turboprop Despite the depressing performance of aircraft sales generally over the past two years and a $5 million loss incurred by Piper Aircraft Corporation during fiscal year 1983, the company has met the challenges of the future with a vengeance. Far from sitting back and waiting for the

Part Fifteen in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The DH-86 four-engined biplane occupies an important place in Australian air transport development. It was designed as the result of a Qantas-Imperial Airways requirement to operate an air service from England to Australia. As such it became the first aircraft to

In a few years time there will be few aviation companies that will be able to operate efficiently without the use of computers. I recently had the opportunity to witness a demonstration of some of the general aviation software programmes Bruce Whalen of Aviation Computers, Moorabbin Airport, has developed specifically for the industry. Bruce has

Once dubbed as the most launched, un-launched aircraft in the history of commercial aviation, Airbus industries candidate in the 150-seat market, the A320, is now a firm programme. Officially launched on March 2nd, Airbus Industrie had deliberately held off launching the project till each Airbus partner had guaranteed government finance and a sufficiently large firm