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British Aerospace may have lost the immediate battle to self their 146 in Australia but their late 1982 visit certainly impressed many people nevertheless. The 51-day sales demonstration notched up some impressive figures. Between October 13 and December 13, G-SCHH flew 58,800 statute miles, 130 sectors and was airborne for 167 hours. The aircraft visited 20 countries and carried 3300 passengers on 98 demonstration flights, suffering in this time only one technical delay of a mere thirty minutes.
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New Australian Space Company Formed:
Hawker de Havilland of Sydney and Maira of France have joined forces to establish a new Australian space organisation. Auspace Pty Ltd has been formed to promote Australian involvement in the growing space industry and will be acting as the industrial lead contractor for the Starlab project Starlab is being operated in conjunction with the ANU, NASA and Canada and will provide an optical space telescope which will be launched via Space Shuttle in late 1990. Total value of the Australian share of Starlab will be around $30 million. The association with Matra will allow a significant technology transfer to Australia through that company’s long history of space research. Matra, for instance, produces the Magic and R.530 air-to-air missiles used by the RAAF on their Mirage Ills. Hawker de Havilland eventually feel that the experience and technology gained in this initial project will allow Australia to later design, build and further develop our own space communication satellites.
Shorts on the Move:
Wings Australia have disposed of two of the Shorts 330 airliners due to falling traffic volumes on their Sydney/Newcastle routes. Queensland-based Sunstate Airlines have commenced (1/2/83) operations with one of the 330s for the Brisbane, Maryborough, Gladstone and Bundaberg routes and are considering the possibility of purchasing a second aircraft. Murray Valley Airlines introduced their Shorts 330 on February 2 to the twice-daily Mildura to Melbourne route. Wings Australia meanwhile will continue operating their Sydney/Williamtown sector in addition to having a 330 based at Darwin in support of mining charters in the Northern Territory.
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