Year: 1990

Chinese Yak-18A Trainers to Australia The types of Warbird aircraft in Australia will be increased later this year when three Chinese built copies of the Russian Yak-18A ‘Mouse’ two seat trainer arrive in the country. The aircraft, which are being imported by a Canberra based consortium, are in fact CJ-6 trainers as built by the

Jim Thorn Interviews John Ward Following the unprecedented boom days of the late eighties, Qantas has over the past year endured significant problems that have virtually eliminated its operating profit and consequently reduced its potential share market valuation. To learn how our national carrier will overcome its critically high debt burden, how it has been

Mig-29 Fulcrum Mikoyan MiG-29A Fulcrum A Development of the Fulcrum progressed through the seventies and was first confirmed by Western reconnaissance when prototypes were seen at the Ramenskoye test centre in1 977. These aircraft were provisionally allocated the reporting name of RamL, subsequent US intelligence reports stated that the aircraft entered production in 1982. It

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The Future of Sydney Airport After decades of political dithering, Sydney Airport now faces a crisis. If it is to catch up with the past progress in aviation and satisfy future growth then its future role must be decided. One hint of what is to come is that Qantas will be tripling its fleet over

So many readers write to me to tell of their plans to travel overseas with their handheld scanner radios and invariably request local VHF frequencies for the areas they are going to visit. As such, I’ve had to gear up a lot more professionally to answer all their questions in detail. My files are currently