Marc Joel Atrero

Britain’s Lightning Britain’s only indigenous production aircraft capable of supersonic speed in level flight – the English Electric/BAC Lightning – represents an aircraft whose history seems to embody all those negative elements which have plagued the British aircraft industry since the end of World War II. Political interference and discouragement, even Service and industry disinterest

Beechcraft’s revolutionary Starship is on schedule for its first test flight early in 1986. Six prototype Starships are being built for the FAA Certification programme. Of these, three will be flying prototypes and three will be used for ground testing. The first prototype has a fuselage built using a revolutionary filament winding process, where the

Part Twenty-Three in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The Douglas DC-3 reigns supreme as the king of transport aircraft to have entered Australian airline service. No other aircraft can approach its record for length of continuous operation, number of aircraft involved, breadth and depth of service and overall versatility

Australian Aviation recently scored a good long look at the Radio Communications Handbook for the Helicopter Rescue Service in Sydney. Just some of the radios they carry enable them to chat to. . . the Ambulance, the Fire Brigade, hospitals, the Police, radio stations, through Seaphone and Radfone, State Emergency Service, Surf-Lifesaving Association, TV stations,

McDonnell Douglas is one of the world’s largest aerospace corporations. Existing programmes include the F-15, F-18, AV-88 and T-45 while the civil line is working to capacity on MD-80 twinjets. In the future lie the giant C-17 and MD-11 programmes in addition to an as yet un-designated propfan airliner. Australian Aviation recently spoke with MDC

Computer Technology Part II Artificial Intelligence, the New Frontier One of the most significant results of the ongoing penetration of digital computers into the domain of weapon system design is the tendency to bury the natural characteristics of the equipment under a shell of software. The pilot of a modern fighter sees a ‘virtual machine’