Black Hawk, Seahawk Programmes Update Department of Defence military officers and civilian officials have been steadily working early through the New Year to overcome problems that have arisen in the delivery schedules of two streams of helicopters. Under the procurement orders the Australian Army, via initial Air Force programmes, is to get 39 Sikorsky S-70A-9

Bicentennial Air Show Results Firm Although remembered for aerial artistry and excellently presented displays, Air Shows are first and foremost a business operation for AAAI members, where deals are organised and contracts cemented. Mr A D Clyde, Managing Director NSW Business and Consumer Affairs, states that in this arena New South Wales industry was particularly

Usaf Reveals B-2 Amidst Queries as to Its Real Use November 1988 will undoubtedly go down in aviation annals as the month that stealth technology finally became public knowledge. Early in that month the US DoD released a first ever photo of its long secret F-117A strike fighter while on the 22nd the very first

‘Insurrection’ Continues The nine month old state of insurrection by general aviation operators incensed by hugely increased airways charges was continuing as 1989 rolled in. Most light aircraft operators were flatly refusing to pay the rates established last March 31 by the Airways Corporation and were following a policy of paying at a scale they