Year: 1990

Amendments to Fac & Caa Acts Two Bills to amend the legislation controlling the Federal Airports Corporation and Civil Aviation Authority were introduced into Federal Parliament on the last day of sittings in 1989. These Bills are expected to be reintroduced when Parliament assembles after the election. The Bills are a response to the 1989

McDonnell Douglas MD-90 Douglas’ late 1989 launch of the MD-90 series twinjets literally rung in the death knell for the Unducted Fan (UDF) and indicated clearly that airlines, large and small, are not yet ready to embrace the radical and operationally unproven concept of the propfan. As far as Douglas is concerned though, the MD-90

Snj-58 Arrives Another T-6 type aircraft is flying in Australia. The new aircraft, VH-OVO, in fact an SNJ-5B, is owned by Mike Falls of Melbourne and had its public debut at the Ballarat Airshow in February. Built in 1943 as Bu43647 the SNJ saw service at various US Navy stations until 1957 when it was

10 Years Ago • The first order for the Boeing 747EUD extended upper deck version of the 747 has been placed by Swissair. Featuring a 23ft extension of the forward upper fuselage, the four aircraft will be delivered between March 1983 and December 1984. This new version will be able to carry up to 44

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Douglas DC-8 Part II When unveiling the DC-8 for first time, Douglas announced that all of its projected versions would have the same overall dimensions. Consequently, the series 10 to series 50 all have an identical airframe, with uniform electrical, hydraulic and airconditioning systems. Only the intercontinental versions differ from the domestic models and then