Australian Aviation

10 Years Ago Delivery of the first Aerospace Industries CT. 4A Airtrainer A19-027 took place at Bankstown on 15 January. The aircraft had been flown from New Zealand by Aerospace Industries’ chief pilot Cliff Tait as ZK-DZP • Number 12 Squadron based at Amberley and equipped with Chinooks became fully operational on 3 February. This

Squadron Leader Bob Iveson (36), Flight Commander in No. 1 (F) Squadron, RAF Wittering, Northants, is married and has a son and daughter. Along with other pilots of No. 1 (F) Squadron, he was deployed to the Falklands to operate with their Harrier GR3s primarily in ground attack fire support for land-based military operations in

Firefly and Spitfire Fairey Firefly VH-HMW, formerly WD828, flew on 28th September following a lengthy restoration at Ballarat, Vic. It was planned to display the former RAN fighter bomber at the Scone Airshow but engine problems en route forced an unscheduled landing in Southern New South Wales. The Firefly is owned by Mike Wansey, best

Qantas is likely to move into an extensive fleet and network expansion in the near future following its recent management takeover of Fiji’s Air Pacific. Qantas has been criticised for taking over a reported $18 million in accumulated debts for Air Pacific but the new tie-up brings two important advantages that will make this price

Gates Closes Civil Learjet Line: Gates Learjet has curtailed production of the civil Lear 25, 35 and 55 in addition to laying off a third of its work force at its Wichita and Tucson facilities. At time of going to press Gates had 30 aircraft unsold that would adequately cater for any demand in the

Sikorsky Win RAN FFG Helicopter Battle: Sikorsky have won Round I of what could eventually be termed the ‘Battle of the Helicopters. Contracts are being let this decade on up to 80 medium helicopters and it is no secret that whoever won the initial RAN order for helicopters to support the new FFG patrol frigates