Who’s Minding the Ga Store It is a well documented, but often ignored, fact that for the past decade General Aviation has been struggling to survive. Even the recent improvements in the general economy have largely bypassed General Aviation, particularly private GA. Statistics recently published by the Department of Transport show that in 1993/94, the

IAI 1125 Astra SP I never thought I would fly a high tailed, rear engined jet whose thin, swept wing demonstrated perfect stalling behaviour. Yet the aerodynamics of the IAI Astra SP’s Sigma II aerofoil are so good they give this seven passenger executive jet both a competitive Mach .80 cruise and such excellent low

Qantas Float Gets Off To A Good Start After months and indeed years of delays, postponements and cancelled takeoff clearances, the Qantassharemarket juggernaut has finally lumbered down the runway, attained flying speed and clawed its way into the private sector firmament. The float of the remaining 75% of Qantas took place at 12.30 pm on

Aussie Air Takes On Qantas Bryan Grey’s proposed new entrant airline, Aussie Air, is moving to confront Qantas head-on in the courts over the ever-controversial issue of terminal access. Grey claims that Qantas has continually fobbed off his attempts to negotiate a fair and sensible lease for two gates at Qantas’ domestic terminals at Sydney,