Year: 1990

Cessna 182 Skylane One Point Has Recently Occurred to Me; Moving About This Varied World of Ours Highlights the Universality of Personal/ Business Small Aeroplanes. When it comes to moving people for commerce, the distances of Australia and the US tend towards the hardware in the pressurised turboprop direction, as opposed to the short hops

Riding the Midnight Flyer The pilots’ dispute has meant big business for charter companies. Andrew Hipwell joined one charter group for a busy day’s flying. This is what he found. The 5am alarm signals the start of what promises to be a long day’s flying. The charter bookings are full today and the office spent

One potential problem resulting from the current airline crisis in Australia which has not received attention in the general media is the effect it will have on the Australian flying training industry, one of the few real growth areas of local aviation in recent years. From the top of the range schools, like the Australian

Domestic International Charters The recent pilots’ dispute has resulted in an unprecedented number of overseas aircraft being chartered by the two main domestic airlines, Ansett and Australian. Below we list the operators involved and the aircraft that have been noted to mid November. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a

New GA Design Takes Wing Brisbane based Aircorp Pty Ltd has begun test flying its new Utility category general aviation trainer and rural support aircraft. Pre-certification testing of the company’s ‘Bushmaster’ 82-N prototype began on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast during late October. Aircorp has maintained a very low profile during the design and development stages of

North American Xb-70 Valkyrie The story of the North American XB-70 Valkyrie starts with the very reason for its creation. During World War 11, the service ceiling of strategic bombers rose from the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley’s 17,600 feet, through the Heinke! He-111’s 27,900 feet to the Boeing B-29 Superfortress· 31,800 feet. This increase in ceiling