Aew&C Programme Looking Doubtful A new round of ‘hostilities’ appears to have broken out within the Department of Defence and the Air Force Office over proposals to finally give the RAAF airborne early warning and command (AEW&C) capability in the early to mid 1990s. This has created fresh doubts about whether an actual committed programme

Mamba Australia’s entrant to the international training market In the vacuum created by the withdrawal of the US manufacturers of light singles, groups all round the world seem to be designing and building two and four seaters. Nowhere is this trend more evident than in Australia, where there are at least seven different projects to

Hdh MDX Agreement a Major Boost to Australia’s Aircraft Manufacturing Capability The first new commercial helicopter design committed to production in the 1990s has been given the go-ahead – and Australia has a significant piece of the action. When McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company announced the decision to produce the MDX at the HAI Convention in

Sea Fury Sold Overseas Followers of the Australian warbird movement will no doubt be shocked to learn that Sea Fury VH-HFA has been sold overseas, in the USA. The big fighter was the second of the ex Iraqi Air Force Furies, imported in 1982, to be restored and flown in Australian skies under ANR 108a.