Towed Missile Decoys for Usn: The US Navy is equipping its Grumman A-6E Intruders with what Grumman has claimed is the first operational active towed missile decoy. The decoy forms part of the Integrated Defence Avionics Program (IDAP) which, together with the A-6E Support Weapon Improvement Program (SWIP), will eventually see about 110 A-6Es updated
MD-11 Completes Longest Trijet Flight: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 has completed the longest ever flight by a commercial trijet, covering 7,890nm (14,615km) in 16 hours and 35 minutes. The record flight was completed by the forth prototype MD-11, and was part of a three day test mission to test the aircraft’s cruise endurance and navigation
Federal Budget to Bite Further Into Aviation Operations: A little-publicised item in the August Budget has revealed that the Federal Government is to phase out entirely its contribution to the safety contract that it promised when originally establishing the CAA. The commitment to aviation safety operations will be phased out over a period of three
Peace Through Strength It seemed . that the printer’s ink was barely dry on our August issue Reece pleading for sanity before Australia’s defence vote was cut yet again, when out of the woodwork comes the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The point we were trying to make in that editorial, and the accompanying feature (p.