‘We’re Interested in Good Ideas From Defence Contractors’ “We’re interested in anyone in industry in Australia who has good ideas that could save the Defence Department money. ” So says Colonel Roger Dace, the Director of the DoD’s Value Management branch at Campbell Park Offices, Canberra. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

50 Years Ago … The character of the air war in Europe is changing. Now over England the German bombers come only at night, aiming at industrial targets but they find precision difficult in the darkness. The Blitz leads to more and more civilian casualties. Towards the end of October, weather conditions over the UK

Sydney Heliport Ready Early Next Year The Helicopter Association of Australia (HAA) expects to open Sydney’s badly needed and long awaited Sydney Central Business District Heliport early next year. Situated on abandoned wharfs at Pyrmont, an inner city suburb undergoing gentrification, the heliport has tacit approval from the State Government. The support will probably be

Federal Government Bails Out of Airport Funding The Federal Government has outlined it’s withdrawal from airport maintenance and development funding. In a nutshell, the Federal Department of Transport and Communications (DoTC) is pulling out of aerodromes which are funded as Commonwealth airports or those part funded under the Airport Local Ownership Plan (ALOP), of which