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Skywest Airlines tripling its fleet in two years and now introducing A320s. Alliance Airlines buying eight more F-100s. Strategic Airlines introducing A320s in WA. Noise groups lobbying for curfews. Perth Airport playing catch up. This is the face of air travel in Western Australia as the state’s government, councils, airports and airlines strive to keep
New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AHX Diamond DA42‑L360 Twin Star 42AC145 2/2/10 Australian Air Ferry, 35 Bunya Pine Ct Kempsey NSW 2440 AZE Taylor JT1 Monoplane PFA055‑10553 23/2/10 Andrew Moore, 52 Gibson St Beaconsfield WA 6162 G-BKEU BQF Gippsland GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320 09‑149 26/2/10 MAF International Asia Pacific, PO Box 1099
Qantas has not nominated which other routes it might look at in South Australia alongside Adelaide-Port Lincoln, but the scenario is interesting. There are only two real possibilities – Mt Gambier, and Olympic Dam, where Qantas presently codeshares on the Alliance Airlines’ F50 charters. Alliance wrested the route from 20 years of Kendell/Rex operation just
Big, sophisticated aerial application The days of aerial application aircraft being thought of as small, cheap and underpowered are long gone, and the debut of the latest Air Tractor firebomber – the AT1002 – is proof that big, sophisticated and aerial application go together very well. The AT1002 is the latest in the ongoing development
Instructors see many logbooks. Some new and others with many hours logged. Some are a pleasure to sight while others make one wish they should stay closed. Most instructors find that when it comes to upgrade time a check of the student’s logbook against the flight records will usually find a discrepancy in the hours.
10 Years Ago • On May 5 a new production Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack was to delivered to the Russian air force at Engels air base near Saratov. The aircraft was delivered from the Kazan Aviation plant where it was stored unfinished for several years until funding was received last year. • The maiden flight of
