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Qantas has secured a Vietnam Airlines contract via AJDAB to train 60 student pilots for the airline each year. Qantas has subcontracted the ab initio training to the Australian Aviation College at Parafield. Following one year of training at AAC the students will then train with Qantas for three months for specific type ratings on either the 767, 737, A320 or ATR 42/72. Currently AAC is training 160 students for Qantas, Cathay, Malaysia, Merpati, Garuda, Air Mauritius, CAAC, Korean, Air Niugini and Oman Aviation Services. The college employs 100 staff and has a fleet of 36 aircraft, including Duchesses, Tobagos, Cap 10s and TB-9 Tampicos. Pictured is a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 767-200, leased from AWAS; only recently has the aircraft been painted in the airline's livery, following the USA's lifting of trade sanctions against Vietnam. (Rob Finlayson)
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European Research Co-operation:
The seven major European aeronautical research establishments have agreed to form a neworganisation intended to co-ordinatethe research activities they carry out.Representing the UK, Germany, France, Italy; Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands, the new association’s members will still operate separate facilities but will integrate their activities to ensure the most effective use of the European technology base in both military and civil aeronautics.Motives behind the move include making better use of ever decreasing national research budgets and to counter increased research efforts from the USA, which has in tum responded to the competition it now faces from Airbus Industrie.British Midland has taken delivery of the first of four 106 seat Fokker 100s it has on order. The order also included three Fokker 70s, the first of which will be delivered in 1995. British Midland will use both types to replace DC-9s on its domestic and regional European routes. (Fokker)Industry opinion supports the agreement, some suggesting it should have happened long ago as the European aerospace research and development effort has suffered from insufficient coordination in the past and from a lack of interest from its political masters, particularly in these times of reducing budgets.
Engine Facility Closes:
West Australian based jet engine turbine blade manufacturer Turbine Components Australia has closed its doors just six years after its much heralded opening.Owned jointly by Rolls-Royce and Ansett, the company was established with some fanfare in 1988, with then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher performing the opening ceremony. The closure is said to be the result of the depressed worldwide aviation market, but it’s interesting to note that Rolls-Royce has entered into an agreement with the Indian government for the manufacture of the blades in that country.Turbine Components employed 125 people in late 1992 but that had dwindled to 98 by the time the closure was unexpectedly announced in May this year. At presstime the State Government was hoping to save the operation by way of a cash injection aimed at opening new opportunities to exploit the company’s expertise.
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