Overflight Rights – An Awaiting Pandora’s Box On 15 September, 1986, UK and Canadian aviation negotiators sat down in London for a last-ditch effort to resolve their longstanding differences. The attempt was in vain; the scheduled two day meeting broke up that same afternoon and it then became inevitable that the UK would send notice,
Australian Satellite Development Study Contract Awarded The Australian Space Board has awarded a $0. 2 million pre-phase A feasibility study contract for a research and remote sensing satellite to a group of organisations led by Hawker de Havilland. The NSW-based team, comprising Amalgamated Wireless Australia, Computer Sciences of Australia, AUSSAT, the University of NSW and
In Australian Service The Fokker F. 27 Friendship Part I Part Twenty Six in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The Fokker F. 27 Friendship holds the enviable distinction of being the definitive DC-3 replacement. Considerable effort was put forward by several leading manufacturers to come up with a formula
Jim Thorn Interviews John Menadue Qantas is in a fighting mood as it enters what will historically become a crucial period of its long history. Ongoing air battles are in prospect with the United States due to the breakdown of the bilateral agreement on the important Pacific routes, a hint of partial privatisation is in
The First of a Two Part Series Describing One of the Classic Aircraft of World War II and According to Its Many Devotees, the Best Fighter of Its Era. In This First Installment, the Mustang’s Design and Development During Wwii Is Described North American P-51 Mustang Part 1 Whether or not the 1944 Truman Senate
The evolution of civil aircraft technology has been characterised by a drive towards three goals: greater safety, greater operational reliability and a reduction in the actual cost of flying from place to place. This evolution has now been overshadowed by another, more widespread in its application – microcircuit technology. Avionics have at last come of