While the British and German fighters of the Second World War were struggling for supremacy in the air, another battle was being fought out by the engine manufacturers. Each side was striving to keep its piston-engined fighters in the lead before the advent of jet aircraft. Two authors, one British and one German, describe this

Is Inadequate Yield Killing Our Airlines? Perhaps the most important revelation of the 1985 Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association held in Hamburg during late October and attended by Australian Aviation, was the unanimous agreement that revenue yield was deteriorating to the point of placing at risk the fragile profitability of airline

Hornet Production Ahead of Schedule As Programme Builds Momentum After 3½years in the job, Air Commodore Hans Roser has handed over to Group Captain Bruce Searle the direct task of overseeing the management of Australia’s most expensive Defence equipment purchase – the order of 75 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets which started coming into RAAF service

Continued Growth in Domestic Airline Activity in September Quarter 1985: Domestic airline activity continued to grow strongly in the September quarter, according to provisional statistics released by the Department of Aviation. A rise in the two major indicators – passenger-kilometres and total tonne-kilometres- brought activity for the twelve months to September to a record level.