Concorde Life Extension UK and French aviation authorities are studying modifications necessary to keep the Concorde in airline service beyond 2000. Currently Concorde is cleared to 6700 reference flights (supersonic trans Atlantic crossings with a max takeoff weight over 170 tonnes), but the UK CAA, French DGAC, Aerospatiale, BAe, British Airways and Air France are
Aircraft Accident & Incident Safety Course Australian Aviation Safety Management and the Griffith University of Queensland are conducting their second aircraft accident/incident course in Brisbane next February. The course will cover crash dynamics, human factors, investigation techniques, forensic pathology, system safety, aerodynamics and structures, aviation law and interview techniques. It will also look at a
This Madness Must Stop I don’t know about you but I’m fed up. Absolutely fed up with the childish ongoing stupidity of the Sydney airport noise fiasco. Sydney airport (KSA) is not only the most important hub in Australia’s air transport network but congestion here also affects international flights from far and near. At the
This Madness Must Stop I don’t know about you but I’m fed up. Absolutely fed up with the childish ongoing stupidity of the Sydney airport noise fiasco. Sydney airport (KSA) is not only the most important hub in Australia’s air transport network but congestion here also affects international flights from far and near. At the
Register Review Twenty four aircraft join the Australian register this month, exactly the same number that have been deleted, maintaining the status quo of more than 10,000 aircraft flying in this country including gliders. Helicopters again dominate the new allocations with Esso adding two more Sikorsky S-76Cs to its fleet based at Sale to service
Red Hell Sssa A flight from Moscow to Irkutsk via Omsk was an amazing event. The domestic airport at Domodedovo is about 50 kilometres on the other side of Moscow from the international airport. The public section is apparently so abysmal that our organiser tried to get us into the InTourist departure ‘lounge’. After much