Qantas 747 Flight Simulator Recently, as a part of a briefing on the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) now fitted to Qantas’s aircraft (refer p42 Aug 93 AA), I was given the opportunity to fly the 747-400 simulator. All told I had just over an hour which was mostly spent on the TCAS demonstration, but

A Tale of Press on Regardless This is a tale of events that took place on a day some forty one years ago, but the morals to be drawn are as applicable as if it had all happened yesterday. In subsequent years I used to recount the events of this particular day to my students,

Adf Bombing Helps Stem Nsw Fires It has gone little noticed that Australian Defence Force efforts in combating last January’s New South Wales bushfires are believed to be the largest ADF involvement in natural disaster relief work since Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974. Much of the ADF aid was aviation related, with Army and

Air New Zealand’s Australian Option Don’t hold your breath waiting for Air New Zealand to buy control of Ansett Australia. Despite all the operational arguments favouring it, Air New Zealand’s Chief Executive and Managing Director, James McCrea, downplays the likelihood of such a move. That appears to be part of Air New Zealand’s strategy to