Bureaucratic delays hamper private enterprise initiatives yet again. Despite nearly four years’ notice of Mr Barney Fernandes’ initiatives to set up the first diploma course for flying training in conjunction with the South Australian Institute of Technology at the Australian Aviation College in Adelaide, the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission (CTEC) waited until literally days before
The Numbers Game The statistics appear each year – the number of accidents per hundred-thousand flying hours, the percentage of fatal accidents, the five-year averages and so on. The numbers can be juggled, interpreted and analysed depending on your point of view. But, no matter how you look at them, how you smooth the data,
Auf Update Relations between the AUF and the DotA had become increasingly strained during March/April as George Markey became increasingly frustrated by his lack of success in bringing about any relaxation of ANO 96. 25. His proposals to move outside the influence of the DotA, while well-intentioned for the AUF, caused further alienation from the
Penguin Express Buys a Dove In Traffic, March issue we detailed what had happened to the 6 DH104 Dove aircraft previously operated by the NTMS. We made mentioned that the only airworthy Dove left in Australia was VH-ABM of Pays Air Services, Scone. The recent sale of this aircraft and research into the whereabouts of
Air New Zealand Looks to Europe After a year of company refusals to confirm or deny, Air New Zealand admits it is seeking a route destination on the European mainland. The airline wants to fly into Germany and Frankfurt is the considered terminal. Government-to-government talks have concluded agreeably and negotiations are now taking place between