A change of pace for our Air Safety column as we begin to run items of interest from the RAAF’s excellent Spotlight journal. Spotlight is produced by the RAAF’s Directorate of Air Force Safety and though relating primarily to military aviation, contains much of direct relevance and interest to airline and private pilot alike. The
Queensland Gooneys Live to Fly Another Day When word began to filter through the industry that Air Queensland were selling their four DC-3s that had become legendary in North Queensland, some wild and wonderful stories also began to circulate. “They’re definitely going offshore”, “Ansett have bought them”, “they’re going to be cannibalised for spares”, and
Radar Warning Receivers and Defensive Electronic Countermeasures Born in the darkest hours of the Blitz, weaned during the night bombing offensive and matured in the skies above Hanoi. Electronic Warfare has become a military discipline within itself with a pervasive influence upon the strategy, tactics and technology of modern warfare. No more is this evident
Aaai Readies for Bicentennial Airshow One hundred and eleven Australian companies are amongst over two hundred companies from fifteen countries committed to exhibit at the Aerospace Trade Expo at the Australian Bicentennial Air Show in October. With the giants of the world aerospace industries in Australia, there is a wonderful opportunity for Australian industry to
The largest and most comprehensive Air Show and Aerospace Expo ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere will form a vital part of this year’s Australian Bicentenary celebrations. This unique event will be held between 12-16 October at the big Royal Australian Air Force transport base at Richmond, near Sydney. The show will combine features of
Two Crew Ansett a320s a Foregone Conclusion: It is inevitable now that Ansett’s A320 twinjets will be operated, as they are elsewhere throughout the world, by two crew members. Protracted negotiations between the AAFEA and Ansett have resulted in a situation where the displaced Flight Engineers can either opt for employment by Qantas, qualify for