working together on a programme to re-engine up to 80 of UPS’s Boeing 727 freighters with RR Tay engines in place of the standard P&W JT8Ds. Certification of the conversion is due late this year. Rolls-Royce on MD-95: McDonnell Douglas and Rolls-Royce have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will result in MDC offering 18,0001b
Dh Canada Sold: Boeing has sold its subsidiary De Havilland Canada to Bombardier Inc of Montreal and the Province of Ontario for approximately $C260m. The deal was announced in late January and should be ratified by the time these words are read. Under the terms of the agreement, Bombardier-the owner of Canadair, Shorts and Learjet
Radical Aviation Reform Imminent? It is believed that Prime Minister Keating’s February 26 economic statement will include substantial and wide ranging alterations to the existing domestic and international aviation environment. . Discussed at cabinet level in early February was the allowing of Qantas to buy into Australian for possibly Ansett if it so preferred and
Lessons From the Compass Collapse It has been often said by wise men, many times in fact, that at truly wise man is one who can learn from the mistakes of others. In the real world of course we all make mistakes. Some of us more than others and it is the truly wise who