Ga Deliveries Growing US general aviation aircraft deliveries continue to gradually improve, with 445 aircraft worth $US1.3bn shipped in the first six months of 1995 compared with 406 worth $US973m in the same period of 1994. Turboprops were the biggest mover with 107 delivered in the January-June period, a 27% increase on 1994’s figure of

Adf Nomads To Go The Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Ray, has ended speculation on the future of the GAF Nomad STOL utility aircraft in Australian military service by accepting a report which says the entire fleet should remain grounded. Senator Ray has accepted the recommendation of a joint Army and RAAF review into the

Commercial Vlct Plans Frozen Studies between Boeing and Airbus partners DASA, BAe, Aerospatiale and CASA into a very large commercial transport (VLCT) have been frozen for the moment due to insufficient market potential. These studies are entirely separate from Airbus’ own investigations into a slightly smaller very large airliner under the A3XX designation which was

Kiwi Launches Sydney-Nz Flights Kiwi International Airlines was due to begin scheduled services between Sydney and New Zealand as this issue of Australian Aviation was published. Beginning on August 23, Kiwi began a twice weekly service between Sydney and the North Island centre of Hamilton using a 173 seat Boeing 727-200. The standard return fare