Raaf Review Begins Evaluating Next Lead-in Jet Fighter The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is undertaking a review of the capabilities that may be required to replace the Macchi MB-326 which has been the advanced jet trainer/leadin fighter since the late sixties. A specialist team was overseas in September and October examining the capabilities of
Air NZ Increases Its Profit Air New Zealand’s tax paid profit of $NZ139. 53 million-up 4. 4% on the previous 12 months to June-was ahead of market Total operating revenue was up 5. 9% to $NZ2. 33bn. The group earned record foreign exchange revenue at $NZ1. 3bn. This included engineering and other contract work performed
The Cessna Grand Caravan Cessna’s Grand Caravan would induce feelings of superiority in the mildest of pilots, Grand being a very appropriate epithet for this most magnificent of singles. While the new 1. 2m stretched, quick change, passenger/ cargo addition to the burgeoning Caravan/Cargomaster fam- ily retains the commonplace proportions of Cessna’s earlier piston planes,
10 Years Ago • The French Government has given guarantees that Air France Concorde operations will continue until at least the end of 1984. The seven Air France Concordes are operated on the Paris/New York route and government officials have said that the 50-60% load factors are considered “satisfactory”. The government pays all of the
A13-Link Trainer In 1935 when A14 in the second series of A numbers was allocated to the Tugan Gannet transport, A13 had been conveniently passed over. It was considered that allocating this number to an aircraft would invite bad luck. The A13 block thus remained vacant until 1938, when the first of the Link ground
Qantas has for some time had a special Flight Service Director (FSD) workstation installed in one of its Boeing 747-4388, VH-OJK. It was actually fitted for the Queen’s most recent visit to Australia following manufacture by ASI Industries of Melbourne. This console is a full Cabin Management System, the Flight Service Director to do his