Year: 1990

Optical Warfare Part II The Soviet thrust into the area of infrared search Track/ Laser fire control has been paralleled in the free world by the deployment of FUR/laser systems such as Lantirn on Western tactical aircraft such as the F-15E and F-16C/D. Thermal Imaging/Laser Systems Forward Looking Infrared (FUR) is a generic term referring

Numerous avid readers of Airbands in NSW have written to me requesting the frequencies used by Balloon Aloft who fly from Camden Airport. Flying is conducted very early while temperatures are low and conditions calm, with inflations usually taking place around 6am local. If the Tower is not open by the time the Aeronauts take

British Aerospace Jetstream 41 A stretched version of British Aerospace’s highly successful 18/19 passenger twin turboprop and pressurised Jetstream 31 commuter airliner has long been speculated upon by the aviation press. With the announcement of the 29 passenger Jetstream 41, the speculation has turned into reality I t is now more than a decade since

 Pilots Form Their Own International Employment Body as Dispute Rolls On: More than half of the 1,647 AFAP pilots who resigned en masse on August 24 have teamed together to form an employment agency with the sole aim of obtaining flying positions with foreign airlines. Entitled Australian Air Pilots Services, the new non profit agency

Ace Expands in to in Ternational Pilot Training: The ACE (Aviation Computer Education) system of pilot theory training (refer p116 Nov 89 AA) is expanding into commercial pilot training. Airtex Aviation’s ACE system has now branched out to develop an International Pilot Training Course (IPTC) which will also have the benefit of using any of

More French F-18 Trials: The ongoing saga of the French Navy and its need to find an interim carrier based fighter to fill the gap between its overdue for replacement Vought Crusaders and still years away Rafale Ds has taken a new turn with the announcement that carrier trials of the F-18 Hornet will now