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Gps Navigation-Where to Now? At a recent briefing given by Trimble Navigation Ltd in Canberra it was stated that a decision between GPS and MLS as the future precision approach landing system must be made within the next two years, due amongst other things, to the rapidly approaching demise of ILS because of frequency problems;
Start of Aew&C Study in New Year The Defence Department and Air Force will conduct a Project Definition Study (PDS) next year into the procurement of an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system to enter the Royal Australian Air Force inventory towards the end of the century. The PDS will identify a list of
Aerospatiale Socata Trinidad Recently, through Eurocopter International Pacific, the marketer of Aerospatiale General Aviation products, I was able to satisfy a long standing wish to make the acquaintance of the Socata Trinidad. I know that the aircraft has been on the Australian market for over a decade, but as a relative newcomer to the GA
Deadline Nears on Contentious Us Accord A showdown is nearing over the Australia-US aviation accord. In June both sides agreed to shelve their dispute until year’s end. Now, with a third round of talks scheduled for late November, negotiators are anxious that, without a settlement, the new year could bring an ugly return of sanction
10 Years Ago An unrefuelled flight across the USA was made by the second Northrop F-20 Tigershark on December 1. The 2007 nautical mile flight from Edwards AFB in California to Andrews AFB, Maryland, took three hours and 47 minutes. It carried two wingtip AIM-9 Sidewinders and three 276 US gal external fuel tanks. •
Coastwatch Contract Ushers in a New Era of Surveillance Capability December 1 Saw Yet Another Stage Begin in the Evolution of Australia’s Coastwatch Operation With the Long Awaited Release of a Request for Tender (Rft) to Cover a New Look Surveillance Operation From 1995 Right Through Till 2005. Coastwatch is the civilian agency operating as
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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
