People Air Vice Marshall Les Fisher will replace Air Marshall Barry Gration (who is retiring) as Chief of the Air Staff from the late November. Other recent RAAF postings include Air Commodore David Rogers who will take over from AVM Fisher as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff; Air Vice Marshall Frank Cox is to

Ga Liability Laws Reformed: General aviation has won a major victory with the signing in August of the General Aviation Revitalisation Act by Us President Bill Clinton This marks a successful conclusion toa long, hard and often bitter battle to reform the Us liability laws as they apply to Ga, laws which all but killed

A330 Crash Report Reveals Inadequacies: The crash of a company owned Airbus A330 whilst undergoing pre certification tests at Toulouse on June 30 has raised questions about crew coordination, flight preparation and the wisdom of conducting such tests at very low altitude. The A330 crashed 45 seconds after liftoff for a flight in which the

National Jet Systems Wins Coastwatch Contract: Adelaidebased National Jet Systems (through subsidiary company Surveillance Australia)has been awarded the nine year, $26.4m fixed wing Coastwatch contract. A smaller contract worth $830,000 to provide helicopter surveillance of the Torres Strait has been won by Reef Helicopters of Cairns. Surveillance Australia takes over from incumbent contractor Skywest in