Year: 1990

Budget Cuts Affect F-18 and F-111C Flying Hours Short of new measures designed to lessen the impact, the 71/2% cut in operational flying hours of the RAAF’s F-18 Hornet fighters and the F-111C strike jets may mean lower long-term operational effectiveness for these front line squadrons. Just what it means specifically in hours not flown

Up on a hillside overlooking Perth lives a man who is building an aeroplane. Notjust anyold aeroplane. This aeroplane is a fighter. One of those flown by ‘The Few’. Arthur is building a . . . It is 50 years now since those great aerial encounters over southern England and the Channel. Those desperate fights

Cameron B Place, Commander, US Navy (retired), writes from his home in St Ives NSW about an incident which occurred on a beautiful sunny day in the GCA (ground controlled approach) pattern at naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia. Cameron was at the time training a Fleet Replacement Pilot in the E-2C Hawkeye. GCA: “Cloverdale

Aircraft movements at this year’s Motor Cycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island and the Melbourne Cup at Flemington will, for the first time, be under the control of the RAAF’s impressive new Mobile Air Traffic Control System – MATCS. The MATCS is Australian designed and built; not surprisingly this exciting project was a joint winner

East-West Friendships for UK East-West Airlines have leased six F27-500s to Jersey European Airways in the UK. The six aircraft involved (VH-EWU, -EWV, -EWW, -EWX, -EWY and -EWZ) terminated services with East-West in August 1989 at the start of the pilots’ dispute. All aircraft, with the exception of VH-EWW, were stored at Tamworth. VH-EWW has

Lloyd Expan Ds Offshore Adelaide based Lloyd Helicopters is increasing its fleet of helicopters used on charter work in Burma with the addition of a Bell 212, Jetranger and Longranger. The additions will increase the fleet used for onshore oil work to one Bell 212, three Jetrangers and three Longrangers. Lloyd also has an offshore