Qantas Introduces Tcas to Further Ehance Safety In a further step towards improving the safety of air travel, Qantas is now in the final stages of installing an alerting system which advises the crews of its 747s and 767s of conflicting traffic, and indicates the action to be taken to avoid it. The equipment, known

A10 – British Aerospace HS.748 Originally designed by Avro (the A V Roe & Co Ltd of Manchester), then continued by the newly amalgamated Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd, the HS. 748 was Britain’s answer to the Dakota replacement. The first prototype, registered G-APZV, flew on June 24 1960 and a later aircraft with more powerful

Product Liability Changes Hold the Key To Rejuvenating GA Manufacturing Industry Long decimated by the seemingly inane product liability laws that thrive within the US judicial system, the General Aviation manufacturing industry could at last be set for a new lease of life if a proposal presently before Congress is approved. The latest in a

Prices Survbllance Authority Slams Fac Pricing Policy The Prices Surveillance Authority has come down heav- ily against the FAC in the conclusions of its draft report into the pricing policies of the organisation. Virtually all the concerns about the behaviour of the FAC which were expressed in last month’s Australian Aviation have independently been found