Robinson Saga Continues Following the Faa’s recent adoption of a restrictive Airworthiness Directive covering the R22 and R44, subsequently adopted by the Caa, and the Us National Transportation Safety Board’s calls to ground the two aircraft, Frank Robinson has hit out against the two Us authorities, claiming that the aircraft suffer from a poor training
Very Big Changes to Sydney International Airport Vhf Frequencies Are in the Air, Changes Which Will Be Ongoing Very big changes to Sydney International Airport VHF frequencies are in the air, changes which will be ongoing. Many new frequencies have been added, with some existing ones disappearing. And some stations have changed hands! It’s all
April, 1945. 50 Years Ago… April 1 – Italy. Twelve Mustangs of 3 Squadron bomb and strafe road transport in Yugoslavia. F/Lt Davies parachutes near Celje after his Mustang is struck by AA fire. April 3 — Britain. 456 Squadron Mosquitoes fly four early Ranger sorties. F/O J Darling destroys a locomotive and F/O D
Decision Time Looms For Army’s Nomads It may be mid year or later before it is known if the Australian Army’s locally designed and developed Nomad fixed wing multirole aircraft will return to service. Only two of the 21 Australian Defence Force Nomads – 19 in Army service and two attached to No 75 F/A-18
10 Years Ago The last of 18 Boeing E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft for NATO was handed over at Dornier’s Munich facility on April 25. NATO took delivery of the first E-3A during January 1982. A flight test programme is underway of the Airbus Industrie A300-600 demonstrator with General Electric CF6-80C2s, which first flew on March
USAF To Deploy Second-Generation Stealth Strike Fighter The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter captured the world’s imagination during the 1991 Gulf Campaign, when these capable aircraft penetrated Iraq’s most heavily defended airspace with impunity, destroying their chosen targets with pinpoint accuracy. The F-117A is a first-generation stealth aircraft, designed using the faceting technique, a method