Controlling tomorrow’s agile fighters The Jaguar demonstrator aircraft developed by British Aerospace is proving the control systems for the next generation of agile fighters. Ed Daley describes the development of this aircraft which combines flyby-wire systems and active control technology. Many of today’s high-speed military jet aircraft use control systems that incorporate “fly by wire

USA Tour for Firefly Planned Although in its formative stages plans are being made for the unique Fairey Firefly, VH-HWM, to be shipped to the USA in 1986 and displayed there. The machine will later return to Australia. Owned by well-known identity Mike Wansey, the Firefly, called ‘Mickey Mouse’, has been a popular Warbird at

Part Nineteen in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The period 1957/58 was a time of considerable change in Australian domestic aviation. During August 1957, the Directors of Australian National Airways agreed to an offer from Ansett Transport Industries to acquire ANA for 3. 3 million pounds, and this led

1984 proved to be a much better year for the majority of the Major airlines in our area. In comparison with the negative growth experienced in the industry for the previous twelve months, most of the airlines recorded rises in the major indicators for 1984. In Australia, the domestic airlines’ total tonne-kilometres rose 6. 9%