Aviation Industry Rejects Airservices’ Budget The recent walkout by the aviation industry representatives marked a new low in the industry’s working relationship with a government regulatory body. At the consultative meeting of April 11, the Australian Aviation Industry Association (AAIA) totally rejected the increased charges proposed by AirServices Australia (ASA), arguing that “no increase in

Australia’s Kerkanya-Based Agile Gliding Weapon Shrouded in secrecy for many years, Australia’s indigenous glide bomb has finally been revealed to the public in some detail. Australian Aviation had the pleasure of being briefed on the project by the then AWA Defence Industries AeroSystems Division, who at this time are seeking to commercialise the design. (AWADI

People Airbus Industrie’s expanded Sydney sales office for Australasia, PNG and the South Pacific is headed up by Philip Pearce, with Peter Bennett who has returned to Airbus’ Australian office after a stint in Toulouse. Former aviation writer for The Australian Chris Falvey has been appointed the chief aviation policy advisor to transport minister John

General Aviation First New 172 Flies Cessna flew the first new production 172 Skyhawk for the first time on April 16 this year from the company’s Pawnee Division plant in Wichita, a significant step in the revival of the US general aviation industry. It is the first new piston-engined aircraft built by Cessna for a