Macchi Wing Repair Abandoned: Plans to repair the existing wings on grounded RAAF Macchi MB-326H jet trainers have been abandoned following the discovery that the repairs will not result in a 100% safe wing. It was also discovered that some of the cracks could be accessed only by destroying the wing. However, this does not
New Props for Mohawks : Aircraft shedding propellers is fortunately a rare occurrence these days, but one of regional operator Southern Pacific Airlines’ Nord 262/Mohawk 298 aircraft suffered the problem in February. The aircraft had just left Sydney for Tamworth when the propeller parted company with the rest of the aircraft, forcing a safe return
Boeing to Shed More Jobs: The announcement by Boeing that it will reduce the production rates of its airliners (refer p6 Mar 93 AA) has resulted in the expected flow-on of loss of jobs at its major production plants. Overall employment will decline by about 23,000 in 1993, of which 15,000 will be in Washington
Raaf Ct-4A Air trainers to Go to Public Auction: Just the news many a warbird enthusiast and flying school operator has been waiting for is the announcement that the remaining RAAF CT-4A Airtrainers are to be publicly auctioned. To be managed by specialist aviation auctioneers, Pickles Auctions Pty Ltd, the auction will take place at
A New Tomorrow? This is a difficult Reece to write. Not that it’s extra emotional, controversial or anything like that. It’s more a matter of bad timing. Timing that has the federal election taking place on the weekend after this is written and a week before the magazine is in the hands of subscribers. The
A New Tomorrow? This is a difficult Reece to write. Not that it’s extra emotional, controversial or anything like that. It’s more a matter of bad timing. Timing that has the federal election taking place on the weekend after this is written and a week before the magazine is in the hands of subscribers. The