Year: 1990
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/Vale Ansett Nsw, Welcome Ansett Express: November 28 saw the demise of 56 years of airline heritage with the combined renaming and market repositioning of what was formerly Ansett NSW. Replacing the embattled NSW regional is Ansett Express, a long overdue experiment in hub bypassing that should prove immensely successful in the newly deregulated Australian
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/Federal Government a Gain Making Aviation Its Milch Cow! As reported in our October issue, the Federal Government is to phase out its funding of CAA aviation safety services. This mindboggling about-face makes a mockery of ever trusting a politician’s word and is yet another reason why politicians in general are held in such low
Read more »Issue 63: December 1990
/Federal Government a Gain Making Aviation Its Milch Cow! As reported in our October issue, the Federal Government is to phase out its funding of CAA aviation safety services. This mindboggling about-face makes a mockery of ever trusting a politician’s word and is yet another reason why politicians in general are held in such low
Read more »Civil Register Update
/Register Review Seventy six aircraft make up the new allocations section this issue. Most of these aircraft are secondhand imports from the USA although there is a sprinkling of interesting machines amongst them. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please
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/‘We’re Interested in Good Ideas From Defence Contractors’ “We’re interested in anyone in industry in Australia who has good ideas that could save the Defence Department money. ” So says Colonel Roger Dace, the Director of the DoD’s Value Management branch at Campbell Park Offices, Canberra. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Read more »Australia’s War Diary- November 1940
/50 Years Ago … The character of the air war in Europe is changing. Now over England the German bombers come only at night, aiming at industrial targets but they find precision difficult in the darkness. The Blitz leads to more and more civilian casualties. Towards the end of October, weather conditions over the UK
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