Second Defence Corporate Plan Spells Out Raaf’s Future Directions The second Defence Corporate Plan was released recently by the Department of Defence’s Secretary, Mr Tony Ayers and the Chief of the Defence Force, General Peter Gration. It is a 76 page foolscap sized document which incorporates changes made under the Force Structure Review announced by

Air Combat Needs Study Delayed A defence study of New Zealand’s air combat requirements has been delayed. The review, part of a wider assessment of defence requirements, was announced last May in a defence policy paper and had been due for completion at the end of August. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

The a320 Glass Cockpit – The Presentation of the Future Recently Ansett was kind enough to allow me an hour in the A320 simulator for a brief look at the “glass cockpit”. My aim was to try and get a feel for just how much it represented a quantum development from the old basic “six

Fourth Trojan Airborne At Darwin, NT the first of three T-28D model Trojans being restored there recently took to the air. The aircraft, understood to be serial number 49-1519 and ex Royal Laotian Air Force serial number 3408, joins Trojans VH-NAW, VH-SHT and VH-XVT as the fourth of the type to fly in Australia. Owned