The Mooney Aircraft Corporation has a 40 year reputation for producing moderately powered but highly efficient speed machines. While other manufacturers used big, heavy, thirsty engines to go faster, Mooney stuck with fewer horses, relying on sleekness and low frontal area to attain high speeds. But now they have fitted Continental’s big, eight litre, six

New Tusks For The Pig The F-111 Avionics Upgrade Programme Pt I The General Dynamics F-111, affectionately termed the “Pig”, is one of the RAAF’s most important assets. These aircraft are Australia’s strategic deterrent, and are tasked with long range land and maritime strike roles. In the event of hostilities, these aircraft would carry the

Qantas Float Launched The Qantas share float was formally launched on July 3 amid intensive advertising designed to push the ‘national icon’ aspect of the deal so as to increase its appeal to the so called ‘mums and dads’ investors. Private investors will get first bite of the 750 million shares on offer (75% of

Casa and Asa Boards Announced The boards for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and AirServices Australia (ASA) have been announced. CASA’s board comprises chairman NSW Justice William Fisher, Dr Clare Pollock, Geoffrey Molloy, and Gabi Hollows. The new ASA board members are John Bibo, John Faulkner, Imelda Roche, Norman Correy, Joan Evatt, Graham Maguire