Year: 1990

Raaf Faces Five-Year Skill Gap: The Royal Australian Air Force may take up to five years to recover from personnel losses caused by the spate of heavy airline aircrew recruitment of recent years. In an interview with Jane’s Defence Weekly, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Air V iceMarshal T O’Brien, stated that the drain of

 East-West Unions the Go A spate of recent cooperation agreements between Eastern European and Western manufacturers highlight the desire of each side to benefit from the opening up of eastern Europe and the crumbling of communism. Soviet manufacturers lead the way with alliances with western aerospace companies, The Soviets possess the expertise in aircraft design,

United Launches the 777: United Airlines have become the Boeing 777 launch customer with a firm order for 34 of the new widebody twinjet and options on 34 more. The 777 was chosen by United to replace its aging fleet of DC-10s on domestic routes. The aircraft will be configured for 363 passengers, 38 in

Farewell the Tap After ruling the domestic air transpor t roost for 38 years, the dreaded Two Airline Policy (TAP) finally was laid to rest at midnight on October 30. Fittingly, the aviation hierarchy of the DoTC moved to hold a wake for the TAP that proved to be the aviation industry’s night of the

Farewell the Tap After ruling the domestic air transpor t roost for 38 years, the dreaded Two Airline Policy (TAP) finally was laid to rest at midnight on October 30. Fittingly, the aviation hierarchy of the DoTC moved to hold a wake for the TAP that proved to be the aviation industry’s night of the

Register Review A relatively small number of entries make up this month’s additions to the register, however these additions bring the number of aircraft registered in Australia to over nine thousand. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username