Skyrace Tasmania 95 The third week of February was a big week for both Tasmania and air racing enthusiasts with the start of the now annual Skyrace Tasmania Air Races. Starting with a navigation event, the action then moved to Valleyfield, a restored Wwii airstrip 40km south of Launceston. There the ground and sky seemed

Raaf F-111 Crash Raises Questions The fatal crash of Raaf F-111C A8-127 during a simulated night attack on the meatworks at Guyra, Nsw in September 1993 could be explained away as just an operational accident of the type which is going to occur from time to time due to the nature of the flying involved

Sydney Noise Winners Andlosers Sydney noise winners andlosers: one of the problems associated with the current debate over aircraft noise levels around Sydney following the opening of the ‘third’ runway has been the inaccuracy of predictions as to which suburbs would be affected and in what way. Whose senior members preside over electorates which benefit

People Leroy Keith is to take up the position as Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Safety Agency (CASA). He is due to begin work in Australia from March 27. Previously, he was the Vice President and General Manager (Quality) with McDonnell Douglas Aircraft and before that he headed the FAA’s Transport Airplane Directorate Aircraft