Australian Aviation

BAe 125-800 Looks Set To Become the Best of the Breed ‘We’re on the warpath, and now we have the vehicle that more than equals any of our competitors. ‘ Fighting words from British Aerospace’s Australian 125 sales chief, John Canning-Cooke. John claims, with a high degree of truth on his side, that the British

It was eighteen years ago when the Department of Defence first examined the requirement for a light to medium-weight helicopter to operate from the rear of the Royal Australian Navy’s projected class of destroyers. Today, nearly two decades later, we are at the stage where the RAN is on the verge of commissioning the third

Formal Ano 95.22 Ratification Looking Good At the time of going to press the Australian Ultralight Federation (AUF) was close to re-submitting, the revised draft of ANO 95.22 to the Department of Aviation. Delays had ensued since the AUF was formed at the 1983 Mangalore Air Show while the AUF and the SAM determined who

The desirability of the Holsworthy firing range to the south of Sydney as a site for a second Sydney airport has been leaked fairly vigorously to the Sydney news media. The site is close to road transport, minimising one of the great expenses – decent road access – and the noise problems are minimal with

Asian Aerospace Exhibition & Conference 16-20 January, 1984 Asian Aerospace ’84 will feature the full spectrum of civil and military aspects with more than 400 leaders in the industry represented at this major exhibition for the Asia-Pacific region. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to

DC-2 Race is on! The great DC-2 race is on and they are not even flying yet. The goal is to see which DC-2, be it a local or one flying overseas, will be the aircraft that flies the Australian skies in 1984 to take part in the 50th-anniversary re-run of the 1934 London to