Tales Definitely the Lighter Side of Aviation! Sounds familiar? Once upon a time, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Canberra Rowing Club decided to engage in an annual boat race on Lake Burley Griffin. Both teams trained long and hard to reach their peak performance. On the big day, the Rowing Club won by a

Register Review Once again this month the number of aircraft registered in Australia remains fairly static at 9411 with 35 aircraft appearing in the New Allocations and Restoration section while 33 have been deleted. A second BAC Strikemaster is now flying in Australia. AGI was previously operated by the RNZAF whereas the first was an

Qantas Chairman Right on Target Our editorial last month on Qantas needing to be more innovative certainly struck some chords in the right places. Unfortunately lack of space constrained us greatly on the breadth of what we really wanted to say, so this issue we are going to take the same subject further with a

Us/Australia Air Talks Continue: Crucial talks aimed at specifically defining the contentious Australia/US air accord are set to reopen in October. The latest round of talks follow on from those held in Canberra during August. Essentially, the US Dept of Transport does not recognise Australia’s 50% rule for north Asia Australia/US traffic. Australia considers that