Year: 1990

Faster, Lighter, Safer Helicopter Blades Companies in the Westland Group, together accounting for most helicopter manufacture in the United Kingdom, are increasingly using composites nowadays. These materials are lighter and stronger and have better load carrying and more durable properties than conventional metal alloys, while in certain rotary wing applications, design to more exacting specifications

An Engineering Overview The ALAEA is an industrial organisation representing Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (LAMEs) throughout Australia. One of our principal objectives is to “promote and enforce high standards in aircraft maintenance”. The challenge les in maintaining present standards or increasing them, in the face of commercial and time pressures which favour a relaxing of

FAC Initiatives The Federal Airports Corporation has taken some positive steps to promote the expansion of the General Aviation sector in Australia. The initiatives to be announced progressively will be taken with industry support and will underpin the future development of the industry. At a meeting with industry representatives in November 1989, it was encouraging

Another Airtrainer Run? Pacific Aerospace was all set to restart the CT-4B Airtrainer production line in early November – exactly 13 years after it ceased producing the nippy two-seater for air forces (including the RAAF and RNZAF) and flying schools. The Hamilton-based company came within days of ‘pressing the button’ to move on an order

The world’s largest hot air airship ever built and flown has been rolled out at the Thunder & Colt airship base at Rednal, near Oswestry, UK and is now undergoing flight trials. The AS261 is a 261,000 cubic foot craft, specifically designed to be used in a unique ecological research project in the South American

New Ems Chopper Service for Nsw A new emergency medical service helicopter operation was launched by the NSW Minister for Health, Mr Peter Collins, in early November. Called Child Flight it uses an MBB 80105 CBS helicopter and specialises in the quick transport of neo-natal children from within 300kms of Sydney to larger city and