Marc Joel Atrero

Defence Budget Reflects Continued Reductions in Share of GDP: The 1988/89 Australian Defence Force budget of $7,658m, a . 5% increase over the previous year in real terms, reflects an increasing trend towards long-term defence cuts. At 2. 4% of GDP (the lowest allocation since 1951/ 52) the 1988/89 figure compares poorly with the 3.

Airbus to Clone the 757: Airbus Industrie are at last formally talking about their long proposed stretched variant of the hot sel- ling A320 twinjet. The European consortium has always been reluctant to talk about a stretched A320 even though its eventual launch was inevitable. Re- cent massive sales of Boeing’s 757 however have now

Ministerial Musical Chairs a Clear Indictment of Just How Poorly Aviation Rates Within the Wheels of Government. A day in politics is a long time they say. And so true is this age old cliche that most certainly it was just as valid back in the days when the soldiers were busy fitting spikes to

Qantas Listed as the Preferred Option in Air New Zealand Share Sale The New Zealand Government surprised much of the aviation industry during late September when it officially selected Qantas as the favoured bidder for a 25% shareholding in Air New Zealand. Prior to this, many observers, including the management of ANZ itself, had considered

Shuttle Launch Set for September as US Space Programme Regains Momentum The Shuttle Discovery was transferred to Launch Pad 39B on the 4th July in preparation for a launch during September with the slight slip in launch date being attributed to processing delays. The last few months have seen a considerable amount of effort concentrated

Register Review For the sake of completeness the new allocations, restorations and deletions continue from the March issue of Australian Aviation but the changes of ownership add to or amend the complete register published in the last two issues. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading