Marc Joel Atrero

Kiwi’s Look at Turboprop Ct-4 Pacific Aerospace is canvassing the idea of a turbine-engined version of its CT-4 Airtrainer. Two versions are proposed. The first is a retrofit CT-4 in which the Continental 10-360-H piston engine is replaced by a 400hp Allison 250-817 turboprop. This is designated the CT-4C. This content is available exclusively to

Chopper Cropper Club The AGM of the Perth-based, but international, Chopper Cropper Club, is held on March 19th each year in University House at the Western Australia University. The club was formed by West Australian journalists Alan Hale and Frank Platell, in 1972, after surviving helicopter crashes at Shark Bay and the Bassendean town rubbish

Cost Pressures Force Closure Of Ansett Airlines Of South Australia The State by this July and arrange a transfer of its services to Kendell Airlines which already operates a three State network with Pressurised aircraft. In announcing the closure of the airline, the General Manager of Airlines of South Australia, Mr Mick Connelly said that

10 Years Ago • Mr Nixon, the Federal Minister for Transport, in an announcement on 28 May said that the government would allow scheduled services of the Concorde to commence on 1 January 1977. Three services a week will be operated by British Airways between Melbourne and London. • Gates Learjet delivered its 600th Learjet

Flying Doctor Turbine Fleet Grows A growing market is developing for pressurised turbine-powered aircraft to be used for the uplift of aeromedical cases in Australia. The lead in this market was taken by Hawker Pacific and the Beech King Air. However, Rex Aviation and Cessna have now made their first sales. In late 1984 the

“Sunken” Mustangs May Have Had a Happier Ending Following our item on the Australia-bound Mustangs on p. 88 of the January issue, additional research has indicated that these aircraft may have fortunately met a better fate than that reported in our article. Sydney publisher, Kevin Weldon, in association with GEO magazine, were interested in launching