Military/Civil Aviation Cross-Charging Report Formulates Options for Equitable Cost Recovery The Military/Civil Aviation Cross Charging Task Force has released its draft recommendations on the equitable charging of users of civil, military and joint civilian/ military aviation facilities, Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (RFFS). Recent trends have seen a shift in

Qantas and Australian to Merge: The Australian government has announced a radical change to its policy on the privatisation of Australian Airlines and Qantas which will see the two airlines merge and a minimum of 70% of the equity in the newly created carrier sold off. Previously, all of Australian Airlines but only 49% of

for rides) to the USA and Canada for a tour of 18 cities. This time the aircraft will be flown by Ukrainian pilots in their own government’s aircraft and rides are to be offered at the reduced rate of $US6,500 for 15 minutes of highly memorable, if not cheap, thrills. F-111 Simulator Rft: The RFT

Drag is less than expected, the empty weight will be met, and climb, block fuel consumption and payload/range projections have all been substantially better than expected. Both maximum fuel and maximum payload range are about 300km more than estimated. Certification of the RJ is imminent. Slingsby Wins Usaf Contract: British light aircraft manufacturer Slingsby has