Army Wins Fight to Operate Battlefield Helicopters The Australian Army has won its brief battle to gain control over the RAAF’s battlefield helicopters. Taking most defence observers by surprise, the late November decision by Defence Minister, Kim Beazley ushers in part one of a longer-term doctrine endorsing many of the recommendations made in the Dibb

Dofa’s Civil Aviation Corporation the Start of a New Era? The basic framework for splitting up the various functions of the Department of Aviation has moved a step closer following Aviation Minister Peter Morris’ late October announcement of the formation of the CivilAviation Corporation. The CAC will ultimately be responsible for the management of the

Product Liability Claims Another Victim: As a direct result of the disastrous US situation regarding corporate product liability insurance, Avco Lycoming has decided to withdraw from their engine development contract with John Deere. Lycoming signed a contract with John Deere in 1985 to jointly develop stratified charge rotary engines for aviation applications in a programme

Reports of Pc-9 Performance Degradation Untrue: Newspaper reports that the performance of the RAAF’s new Pilatus PC-9 trainers has been heavily compromised are totally unfounded, according to senior Defence Force officers. Due to the RAAF’s insistence of being able to operate with low pressure tyres off grass strips the basic PC-9 has had to have