Year: 1990

Raaf F-111C Avionics Update – Contract Negotiations Underway with Preferred Tenderer A team led by Rockwell Electronics is currently negotiating with a Defence Department/RAAF team on final details of the contract to carry out the Avionics Update (AUP) program on the RAAF’s 22 Amberley based strike/reconnaissance F-111C jets. The proposal is that the Mach 2.

50 Years Ago . . . June 1 – Dunkirk. The British evacuation, Operation Dynamo, continues and 64,429 men are rescued on this day. Ian Bedfor Nesbitt Russell of 609 Squadron is killed in action when surprised from behind by a Messerschmitt Bf 110. His Spitfire (L1058) crashes into the sea. In the past fortnight

The Boeing 737 Part I Part Thirty-One in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The Boeing 737 family is the biggest-selling member of the most successful family of airliners in the history of commercial aviation. Based on the Boeing 727, which was itself derived from the Boeing 707, the 737

Compass Airlines Ready to Launch via Innovative Share Scheme Bryan Grey’s Compass Airlines is about to go to the market with an innovative share scheme that could prove very popular with companies which book a substantial amount of domestic air travel. Genesis of the scheme, which was due for launch during late May, is that

Tankers as Force Multipliers Air-to-air refuelling is a technique which first achieved prominence in the 1950s, when the US began its massive buildup of Strategic Air Command (SAC) in response to the then current global nuclear warfare strategy of massive retaliation. At the time SAC needed the means of extending the range of its first

McDonnell Douglas MD-11/12 On January 10, 1990, the first McDonnell Douglas MD-11 completed its maiden flight from Long Beach, California. This was an important step in the development of what is set to become an important airliner, and launched a comprehensive flight test program aimed at receiving FAA certification by November this year and entry