It’s not so long ago that East-West Airlines provided check-in facilities through caravans parked outside the domestic terminals at Australia’s major airports. That, of course, was in the days before East-West was ushered into the Ansett fold. But a number of interested parties – including some proposed new entrant airlines and the Federal Airports Corporation

Skyhawk Future Uncertain The Royal New Zealand Air Force would emerge leaner but (some say) not necessarily sharper if the Government follows a major report it commissioned on the Defence Forces. The study is known as the Quigley report – a director of the company responsible for the study, Strategos Consulting Ltd, is Derek Quigley,

Back with you and your receivers once more to monitor the ever present and unique humour of the airband airwaves. From kiloHertz to gigaHertz, if anyone says something witty and amusing from a Cessna 172 or the Space Shuttle you’ll eventually hear about it in ‘On the Airbands’ ! Busy times for me of late

Deregulation in Australia Time Travel or Timed Travail? In the last two issues, Australian Aviation has examined the course of events in the USA and that led to the deregulation the current situation in Australia. It is now possible to predict with some accuracy the likely outcome of deregulation in Australia. Therefore this final instalment