Australia and New Zealand are again working together at the coalface of yet another international hotspot. Our highly rated air traffic control and logistics management capabilities are making life in Somalia just that little bit saner. Mogadishu, Somalia – Our Helping Hand Bounded by the ravages of war torn Mogadishu and the tranquillity of the

A319 Receives First Airline Order: The Airbus A319 short fuselage version of the A320 twinjet airliner has received its first airline order with French internal carrier Air Inter ordering nine examples and placing options on a further nine. (Leasing company ILFC ordered six A319s in late 1992). The A319 has high equipment and systems commonality

A69 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II How many of our readers would remember that delays in the delivery of Australia’s new strike aircraft, the F- 111, had led to an offer by the US Government for leasing Boeing B-47E Stratojet bombers to the RAAF. This offer was to be declined, as the problems for introduc

F-111 Engine Combustion System Life Extended: The Aeronautical Research Laboratory of the DSTO is currently researching life extension of the combustion chambers in the F-111’s TF30 turbofan. Currently the combustion chambers on the F-111 warp and crack after as little as 750 flight hours. When the can is cracked the whole engine needs to be