DEBUGGING THE BUGS: Even with their anticipated great wingspans, powerful engines, sharp projectile-like bodies and Impressive fuel savings, futuristic aircraft are bound to run Into some “little problems” that have annoyed man and occupied airspace since the cave-dwelling days – bugs! “Bugs, in the atmosphere at the lower altitudes,” said Al Breslow, Chief Scientist for

Australia (and AADR) has waited as patiently as possible for the Mooney M 20 K, alias the 231, to arrive in this country. Having already sampled the 201 and reported to readers on the type, the 231 was expected to be something special. It was – and is . . . A full flight test

Australia’s Henry Millicer has every reason to qualify as one of this nation’s most disenchanted people. The fact that he is anything but this, is far more a tribute to his unquenchable enthusiasm for the light aeroplane than to any recognition our country has given this distinguished Polish-born aeronautical engineer. To win a major international

The steadily increasing cost of military flying instruction is causing the leading air forces to review their training equipment and the way it is employed. There is consequently a worldwide trend toward the use of a small number of purpose-built types in conjunction with simulators. At the upper end of the performance scale, it is