Australian Aviation

East West – Australian Airlines 1990s security blanket? Talk around the industry of East West Airlines being purchased outright by another party is hardly new. We in fact ran a news update on this subject in the September Airline Affairs section. However, quite a few readers have asked exactly what Australian Airlines, as the primary

Register Review: Helicopters and balloons dominate this issue’s new allocations. Of the eighteen helicopters in the listing, two are new Robinson R22B Beta models, EFK and JOB, whilst the only other new helicopter, TVG, is an Aerospatiale Squirrel for a Western Australian Company. The two second-hand Squirrels, HCF, a single engined variant and HJK, a

A Future for Australia in Space? The decision of the Australian government to set up a national Space Board is timely indeed. Is is now becoming readily apparent that any nation claiming to be technologically advanced in the years ahead will have to have a developing and productive space industry. Space is now affecting our

The United States National Transportation Safety Board has found that hundreds of people are being killed and injured unnecessarily each year in light aircraft through not using the shoulder harness component of their seat belt. Through the years from 1972 to 1981 there were 36,500 accidents in the US involving General Aviation aircraft. Of the

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The Tay, the latest engine from Rolls Royce, promises to be a money-spinner for the company. It has been ordered in substantial numbers to power two new aircraft, the Fokker 100 airliner and the Gulfstream IV corporate jet and looks set to emulate the success of its predecessor, the Spey. The decision to go ahead