Caa & Fac Face Possible Legal Challenge Over Aviation Charges The Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Airports Corporation face a series of constitutional legal challenges in the courts over the fees collected from aircraft operators which do not directly reflect the costs incurred by the Commonwealth. If successful, the challenges would replace the FAC’s

The School of Airmanship In line with our policy of seeing for ourselves what our advertisers have to offer, AA recently paid a flying visit to the Bankstown-based Sydney Aerobatic School. As we were to discover, the title of the school is somewhat of a misnomer. Since it was established some eight years ago, the

Airbus Tech Briefings Highlight Smooth Progress With a34o Development Programme Airbus lndustrie recently hosted the world aviation press for two days at Toulouse, France for the annual technical press briefing. The purpose of the briefing is to provide an update on the status of the various Airbus aircraft currently in production, the development programmes ofaircraft

50 Years Ago … May 31/June 1 – Australia. Outside Sydney Harbour, parent submarines of the Japanese Eastern Attack Group await the return of the attacking midgets in vain. They will return two more nights before dispersing to disrupt shipping along the eastern coast and off New Zealand. June 1 – North Africa. Kittyhawks of