Many people outside the aircraft manufacturing business have a natural suspicion of the industry’s 10, 15 and 20 year market projections. Even a period as relatively brief as ten or twelve years can be filled with many unforeseen events and sharp shifts in trends. Here it would be true to say that manufacturers themselves are

Airworld Problems Although one of the biggest aviation museums in Australia, the Airworld Museum at Wangaratta, Victoria has suffered a severe downturn of visitors and in this light the Wangaratta City Council, which operates the museum, is reviewing the whole enterprise. Part of the visitor problem stems from the collapse of Deluxe Coachlines last year.

Airbus A340 Airbus lndustrie’s newest product, the A340 long range commercial airliner, is set to fly in October this year. It promises to be not only eye-catching in looks, but well able to satisfy the needs of customer airlines well into the future. The combined A330/340 program was formally launched on 5 June 1987, by

Cocos and Christmas Islands: Australia’s Unsinkable Aircraft Carriers “Christmas and Cocos Islands are the most strategically important of Australia’s Indian Ocean territories. Located about one third of the way across the Indian Ocean, they are limited in dimensions, natural resources and populations but both possess important airfields. They are also located much closer to several