Year: 1990

Emraer Emb – 145 At the Paris Airshow in June 1989, Embraer formally announced the launch of the EMB-145 regional jet, based on the successful Brasilia propjet and though the new jet is more than two years from certification it is already shaping up as a successful program. The challenge driving the EMB-145 project was

Farnborough 90 – Saved by the Soviets! This year’s Farnborough Air Show, the 41st held to date, will go down in history as being the year that no major announcements were made. Certainly in the last decade or so there has been neither a Farnborough nor Paris that has been so quiet in terms of

50 Years Ago … October 1. The Battle of Britain continues but its nature has changed considerably. Air supremacy has not been gained by the Luftwaffe and could not be expected to be achieved before the onset of winter and deteriorating weather. During the last half of September major daylight attacks have proven costly, rising

Compass and Australian Forg- Ing Closer Links: In what to those outside the aviation industry would seem a logical move, Compass and Australian Airlines are beginning to form closer links that may see the two carriers working closely together in areas of mutual interest. Compass will be using the Australian Airlines terminals at the key

Caa Introduces Pilot Initiated Waivers: The Civil Aviation Authority has published a NOTAM (H7/1990, effective 20 September 1990) to introduce pilot initiated waivers against the application of revised wake turbulence separation standards. Introduction of the pilot initiated waivers follows the Air Safety Regulation Review Task Force’s findings in favour of the US and Canadianrunway separation

Towed Missile Decoys for Usn: The US Navy is equipping its Grumman A-6E Intruders with what Grumman has claimed is the first operational active towed missile decoy. The decoy forms part of the Integrated Defence Avionics Program (IDAP) which, together with the A-6E Support Weapon Improvement Program (SWIP), will eventually see about 110 A-6Es updated