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Test flying has-now commenced of the ex-RAAF P-38 Orion AEWtest-bed aircraft. Lockheed will continue flight and systems development through 1984/85 using largely the AEWfit from the proven Grumman E -2C Hawkeye. Lockheed hope to either sell new Orion AEWaircraft or to open aline specialising in the upgrading of existing P-3A and B models to standards The Company is also investigating employing the same equipment aboard a C-130 Hercules with the rotodome mounted atop the tail fin.
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Changes in Aircraft Registration System Under Investigation:
The DotA is investigating the future of the present VH aircraft registration system following the realisation that the current system has a ceiling of just under 15,000 registrations and that there may be a requirement for 20.000 registrations by 1990 if ANO 95 ultralights are to be registered as currently planned One alternative with some Departmental backing is to simply change to a two figure two letter combination (VH-EXA, for instance, becomes VH-EX43) which would provide a total of 67,600 combinations Alter- natively aircraft types maybe sub-grouped with ultralights having a VH-EXAU (U for Ultralight) registration and gliders having a ‘G’ code. balloons a ‘B’ code etc Discussions are presently at a high level and it is thought that the situation would be clarified by the end of this year.
Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Movement statistics at Bankstown Airport indicate that the long-awaited turn-around may be on its way Movements for the year to date (January-April) are 5 25% higher than for 1983 with the figures for April showing an increase of 9% However any over-enthusiasm must be tempered by the knowledge that this is still the second lowest April figure since 1974
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