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/News AUF Update Since writing for our January issue, there have not been any major developments, mainly due to the lengthy holiday period. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content and past magazines. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this article,
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/Ansett and ANZ Battle It Out in the Pacific Former Air New Zealand chairman, Mr Bob Owens, refuses to let the issue of partial privatisation of the airline rest. His most recent remarks were prompted by a looming train of privatisations in which the Labour Government looks like rivalling Maggie Thatcher (Post Office departments, shipping,
Read moreOffsets a Boon to Australian Aerospace Industry
/New Offset Directive a Major Boost to The Australian Aerospace Industry Effective March 1 Australia will at last have a definitive policy for handling the potentially large volume of industrial offsets generated by civil and military aircraft orders. The new policy clarifies many of the grey areas of the offsets programme and serves to guarantee
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/Register Review (Compiled by Tony Arbon) The changes in this issue cover the period from late September to the end of December 1985, with the C-47 being a late entry from June. With a total of 45 new allocations and 24 aircraft returning to the register these far outweigh the deletions which total 49. Let’s
Read moreTAA Introduce Human Factors Course
/TAA Pioneer Human Factors Course To Enhance Cockpit Communication TAA has introduced a flight crew training program that applies management principles to the flight deck. The airline believes that by introducing flight crew to this programme they will provide the means of minimising what is recognised as the major cause of aviation accidents and incidents
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/10 Years Ago •The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force retired the last of six Grumman Albatross amphibians on 21 March. They were originally supplied by the USN in 1961 and were used as Air Sea Rescue aircraft. •According to General Hassan Toufanian, The Vice-Minister for War, it appears that the Iranian Government has decided not to
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