Helicopter Happenings At press time, most newsworthy aspects of the helicopter industry seem to be concentrated in the off-shore and metropolitan sectors of the industry. The of/ashore people, still somewhat unsettled by the controversy surrounding the award and subsequent cancellation of the ShellWoodside off-shore helicopter support contract based at Karratha on the Northwest Shelf, eagerly

Ansett Still Getting Air Queens- Land On-Carriage: Virtually all of Air Queensland’s valuable on-carriage traffic is still going to Ansett despite the carrier now being owned by TAA. Air Queensland originally entered a servicing and traffic agreement with Ansett in September, 1981 and while they won’t be drawn into the duration of the agreement a

More Punch to Raaf’s F-111 Strike Force: The first RAAF F-111C strike aircraft to be modified in Australia with the Pave Tack target acquisition and tracking system returned to operational service during late September. The Pave Tack system, when integrated with the F-111C’s onboard radar and navigational avionics, enables the aircrew to identify and track

Qantas Looking at Dedicated Freighter Aircraft: In anticipation of the results of the recently completed International Air Freight Policy Review, Qantas is looking seriously at the possibility of acquiring a dedicated freighter. While Qantas officials are still talking in broad terms on what aircraft type would be suitable it is believed that a 747F is