As we enter the nineteen eighties the message of tomorrow is to be clearly heard around the globe. The message is that the now militarily powerful Soviet Union is no longer going to sit back and merely support Third World guerilla movements from afar. Indeed the message for this decade is one of direct confrontation

Though fiction, AADR’s Pilot Error series are based on fact, and are published as our own contribution to Australia’s general aviation safety. Nobby Roach was not a particular friend, but I knew him well enough after the manner of aviation acquaintances. He often flew his Comanche into Barracoola and I used to see him from

Space Shuttle Flights Booked Through 1984: NASA has firm payload commitments for the first 37 operational Space Shuttle flights beginning in 1981 . The Shuttle is thus almost completely booked through early 1984. The 47 payloads supported by these flights represent commitments by 1 4 government, commercial and foreign users, a d range from the

Helicopter Future Bright: The future of the helicopter certainly is looking bright. Rapid growth in the search for offshore oil is producing a boom i n helicopter operations that is beyond compare in aviation history. There are currently 600 offshore drilling rigs worldwide and this figure is expected to double in the next five years.