Australian Aviation

Indonesia Shows Us the Way It’s so easy here in Australia to dismiss the Indonesians as struggling third-worlders. Yet in many ways, the opposite is true, particularly in the realm of high-tech aerospace production. The recent signing of Nurtanio with Bell Helicopter Textron for the production of 100 or more Bell 412 medium-lift helicopters is

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Simulator training for airline crews Is an accepted way of life, and Australia’s international flag carrier and the two domestics are right up there with the latest. . . Qantas now has two new-generation AST (Advanced Simulator Technology) Boeing 747 simulators online at the company’s Sydney jet base; Trans-Australia Airlines operates a Thomson CSF A300

Advanced Concepts Stealth Technology The aerial battlefield of the 1990s is liable to be a very hostile environment. The USSR is currently completing the development of a whole new generation of air combat aircraft and AAMs, aircraft designed to match or exceed the performance of the teen-series fighters, equipped with long-range lookdown-shootdown radar and configured

The Mosquito was a high-speed, unarmed bomber that became a high-altitude fighter, an intruder and a pathfinder. It was also used for courier service, training, meteorological research, target towing and photo reconnaissance. Philip Birtles reviews the development of this multi-role combat aircraft with its wooden structure and Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. The Bomber Which Outflew the

The steering committee for the Helicopter Association of Australia was formed in Sydney recently. John Spiers spoke with several of the interim officers, including President Peter Vincent (Channel 9, Sydney), Chris Johnson (Channel 10, Sydney) Dan Tyler (Surf Life Saving Association, Sydney) and Terry Summers, chief helicopter instructor, Rex Aviation, Sydney. Dan Tyler: Most industries