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US GA Production in 1983 Falls to an All Time Low: GAMA reports that 1983 US General Aviation aircraft production fell to an all-time low of 2891 units valued at $US1.5 billion. It is not since the early fifties that such a small number of airframes were built in one year and compares badly with

RAAF Orion Severely Damaged by Fire: On January 27th, 1984, a P-38 Orion from No. 11 Squadron, Edinburgh was severely damaged by fire while undergoing routine maintenance. The Orion was fortunately parked on the tarmac and thus no related facilities or nearby aircraft were damaged in the fire which is believed to have been triggered

ICAO Deliberates on KAL 007 Demise: The ICAO has finalised its report on what caused a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 to overfly Soviet territory in August 1983 with the resultant loss of 269 lives when the aircraft was destroyed by Soviet fighter aircraft. ICAO has put forward two probable scenarios. Firstly, that the crew

The major story since our last issue was the takeover of EastWest by Skywest The most consistent rumours post-takeover suggest that Bryan Grey walked away from the sale with $15 million and that he had previously settled with the other architect of the Riley-era takeover, Duke Minks, for $6 million. This content is available exclusively

Project Winnin Proceeds Optimistically Project Winnin, the Australian-designed missile decoy system designed to lure an approaching anti-ship missile such as Harpoon (to be used by Australian Forces) and Exocet away from its intended target, could be developed faster with Australian industry involvement, according to Defence sources. A move to interest local industry in the project