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A couple of good scanning radios recently found their way into my listening post and are worthy of a mention here. The Cobra Sr-15100 channel scanner, which covers airband 108 to 136 MHz, plus the new Australian (American) Lo-band, Hi-band VHF, and UHF frequencies, and the WIN 108 dedicated airband monitor scanner. The Cobra SR-15
Ansett NZ Secure The sudden departure of Ross Keenan, Ansett New Zealand’s chief executive since inception, for another job sparked off a round of speculation suggesting the company was in severe trouble. Keenan, known in the business as an accomplished shaker and mover, left to become managing director of the Newmans Group- the large tourist
John Spiers Interviews Collin Freeland A new name and hopefully a new game. The ‘old’ Department of Transport & Communications is now broken into three separate operating units with some of the aviation components of the DOTC surviving along with the Federal Airports Corporation and most recently the Civil Aviation Authority. It is the latter
Flight Service, Guardians of the Long-Range Airwaves From time to time, Australian Aviation readers who have VHF receivers write to me and enquire about those ‘strange’ frequencies bandied about by air traffic controllers just prior to an aircraft passing out of VHF range on a long transoceanic flight. These four or five digit frequencies, where
Who Was Arnold Glass? In the late 1960’s and ‘?O’s there were several Mustangs, a Sea Fury or two and a small number of Vampires all begging to be restored and flown. One person who took an active interest in these aircraft was Arnold Glass, then Chairman of Capitol Motors Ltd, the well known Sydney
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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
