Explorer Certificated The US FAA awarded McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems’ eight seat Explorer helicopter its type certificate on December 5 last year, making it the first all new passenger and utility helicopter certificated by the FAA in over a decade. Certification came 23 months after the Explorer’s first flight, one of the shortest certification periods

Defence Equipment Procurements Not Expected To Be Affected By White Paper Defence spending, which is expected to be restrained to about 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) until well into the 21st Century if current strategic circumstances prevail, will still allow most if not all planned major capital equipment procurements according to the Defence White

Fleet Defender By Microprose I’m feeling particularly cocky as I fly the F-14B Tomcat back to the carrier. This is my first mission on this simulation and I have just splashed three MiG-23s, one with a Sparrow, one with a Sidewinder and the last after a furious turning fight where I took a few hits

Major Defence Programmes Given The Go Ahead NZ Defence Minister Warren Cooper has announced plans to spend $NZ330m on four long awaited and sought after projects, three of which are aviation related. The major component of the spending is the agreement in principle for $NZ200m to be spent on six new naval helicopters to replace