Uncle Arthur Visits The Airport! A few years ago, a DC-10, after dispatch from the gate and taxiing for takeoff, was observed to have an access panel open on the forward part of the aircraft. To save time, two employees of the airline were transported out to the taxiway in a safety vehicle to secure

As I told you in the April column, there are big changes underway at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, and those changes are not yet finalised. Sydney ATIS had recently been changed from 127.6 MHz to 133.8 MHz. That lasted a month or so, and now 133.8’s computer generated ATIS voice has disappeared and resurfaced on

Pyrmont Heliport Scrapped The newly elected NSW State government has fulfilled its election promise to ditch plans to build the long awaited Pyrmont heliport, withdrawing planning and beginning a search for an alternative site. Full details on the decision and its implications are discussed in an in-depth two page feature article on p74 of this

737 Engine Failure Cause Found Oversized overhauled turbine blades were found to be the cause of the spate of engine failures that led Air New Zealand to ground its fleet of 10 hushkitted 737-200s in mid-February. The overhauled blades were minutely oversized and as a result did not correctly fit into the turbine rotor, affecting