Ba Refurbishment Programme To Ensure Concorde Operations Well Into The 21st Century As the ‘First Lady of the Skies’ enters her 25th year, Concorde’s two operators are investing substantially in her future with an internal makeover, and an update programme to keep her in the skies for at least another 25 years. During a recent

A23 – Pilatus PC-9/A On December 16, 1985, the Government announced its decision to cancel development of the Australian Aircraft Consortium (AAC) A10 Wamira and to select instead the Swiss Pilatus PC-9. Sixty-nine of these advanced trainers would be ordered, but ultimately this was reduced to 67 by July 10, 1986, when the contract was

Airshow DownUnder ’95 Set For Take Off Bigger, better, and hopefully drier is the cry for the 1995 Australian International Airshow and Aerospace Expo at Avalon. More aircraft, more exhibitors, more visitors, longer flying displays, an extra public day, more public amenities, more food outlets, a repositioned site and more permanent infrastructure are the promises

Ansett 747 Accident Report Points To Possible Lack Of Crew Interaction As The Most Likely Cause Unable to access the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) readouts crucial to its investigations, Ansett Australia has concluded its own internal enquiries into the 747-300 mishap involving VH-INH at Sydney on October 19 last year. Julian Green reports that the