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Beware an old foe As we move forward in time most new aircraft have fuel-injected engines. Fuel injection results in smoother engine operation and improved power response as a result of a better air-to-fuel ratio in all cylinders than carburettors can provide. Secondly, fuel injection eliminates the prospect of carburettor icing because there is no

Forty-three aircraft are listed in the New Allocations section this month, more than twice the number of deletions. Only one new type is listed, the Whiskey IV. Warren Canning’s Whiskey IV OHW is the first of its type on the local register and is an all-wood, tandem two seater with a fixed tail-wheel and a

The need to keep the pressure on With all the turmoil on the political front it is hard to see where the aviation industry fits into national economic thinking. Certainly regional aviation has made its thoughts crystal clear to government in two significant policy documents, one published by the Australian Aviation Associations Forum and more

Learning the lessons The repercussions from the near-loss a Qantas A380, VH-OQA, operating QF32 from Singapore to Sydney on November 4, 2011 has come to a close with the release of the final report into the extraordinary incident. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to

Taking the positives from failures Later this year Western forces will begin withdrawing from Afghanistan. At 10 years and counting, this has already been America’s longest war; like Vietnam before it, Afghanistan will almost certainly come to be regarded as a disaster. In conjunction with the two US-led invasions of Iraq, the war in Afghanistan

New Zealand leads the way with composite helicopter Building the first all-composite fuselage helicopter in a market far removed from mainstream production and in an industry already besieged by fierce competition and the vagaries of economic influence may seem at odds with convention. But all the more so when the prototype machine made an emergency