Are Farnborough’s Days Numbered? Questions as to the future of possibly Britain’s most famous airfield – Farnborough – have been raised following an announcement that all experimental test flying by the Defence Research Agency (DRA) will be conducted at Boscombe Down. The move will end such flying not only at Farnborough but also at Bedford,

Joint European Sst Research Aerospatiale, British Aerospace and Deutsche Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a joint research programme with a view to possibly developing a second generation supersonic transport to succeed Concorde. Called the European Supersonic Research Programme (ESRP), the study will be funded equally by the three partners and will address

Breaking Up the FAC: A Dumb Idea! It seems that barely a month is allowed to pass without we in aviation having to wade into yet another battle with our political masters over some form of aeronautical insanity. The latest assault revolves around Transport Minister Laurie Brereton’s lust for selling off Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport, beginning

Ansett Makes Its International Move: After months of speculation Ansett finally revealed its international strategy on May 3. Speculation that the airline would be acquiring a whole new fleet of international and domestic jets was quashed with the announcement that instead the airline would be leasing two existing 747s from Singapore Airlines (with an option