The Greening of the Airline Industry? The noise and carbon soot that was generated by earlier generation jet airliners such as the 707 and DC-8 can no longer be accepted in the light of modern aerospace technologies. The 1960s and early 1970s films depicting smoke trails of airliners struggling into the sky are all but
Mig-21 Flys On Wednesday March 2 the tarmac, the runway and the sky all shook as MiG-21UM VH-XXI made its first flight in Australian skies. The former Polish Air Force aircraft had been trans- ported by low loader between Sydney’s Bankstown and Mascot airports late the previous night in order to avoid traffic problems with
Microsoft Flight Simulator Version 5 With CH Flightstick Pro Looking ahead over the cockpit coaming, I can see the runway stretching ahead of the Cessna Skylane RG. Light reflects off the windows of the high rise buildings in downtown Chicago. High level cirrus streaks the sky and it looks like another fine flying day. Back
Aopa Challenges Caa’s Elt Rulings In All the Debate Surrounding the Recent Requirement for All Aircraft to Be Fitted With c91a Standard Emergency Locator Transmitters There Is Not, and Has Not Been, Any Argument Against a Requirement for All Aircraft to Carry an Elt Which Is Satellite Compatible. The Only Argument Is What Kind of
In simple terms the Falcon 2000 is a twin engine development of Dassault’s successful long range Falcon 900. But there is more to this aircraft than just that. Any new corporate jet project is a high risk investment, especially when the Falcon 2000 is competing with the Canadair Challenger, Citation X and Hawker 1000. However
A16 – Bell AH-1G HueyCobra The operations of No 9 Squadron in Vietnam with UH-1 Iroquois, or “Huey”, helicopters from 1966 to 1971 had principally been as troop transports in support of the Australian Army task force. However, another role successfully carried out was that of a gunship helicopter, and from 1969, No 9 Squadron