Australian Aviation

The Ultra-light Movement Grows Up The ultra-light aircraft movement in Australia has seen major and significant developments in the past 12 months. Its legal status, practical scope – even its name, have changed, reflecting the growth and broadening vision of what is now better called the amateur-built movement. It is 23 years since Air Navigation

A living example of the degree of defence research expertise available in Australia by Michael Daley, science correspondent, “The Australian,” 1964-68, now Science Editor, ABC-TV and producer of the recent documentary “The Jindalee Project.” Through the early to late 1960s some rather cryptic press releases would appear from time to time in the Parliamentary Press

What pilot, from the flyer of a light aircraft to the most braid-bedecked jetliner captain, has not dreamed of one day piloting Concorde? Some of us have realised this dream: Concorde is our field marshal’s baton. To those who are still hoping for the day when they will fly Concorde, we can say that this

The golden opportunity, lost again! Australia is a large continent with over 20,000km of coastline inhabited by a mere 14 million people. In any language that equation adds up to a large proportion of our coastline EEZ and associated airspace left largely unpatrolled and unprotected against any foreign, let alone hostile, in­truder. If the crunch

A review of the newcomers for 1978 Mooney 201 Mooney has done a lot of homework on its new 1978 201, making it a much more acceptable offering in terms of in­terior space. It has also broken the magic 200mph-plus barrier. Adams Aviation, of Bankstown, provided one of these machines for a lightning evaluation, proving

One of the greatest problems facing aviation in the com­ ing years will be noise. Even small two-seat aircraft of the diminutive Cessna 150 breed can arouse resentment and protest from resident groups at the mere suggestion of the future establishment of a local park. With this in mind the English firm of Dowty Rotol