Books the Best of the Past – Preserving and Flying Aviation’s Fifty Year Legacy: Brian M Simcox This large book will no doubt appeal to the warbird enthusiast with its big air-to- air colour photos and takeoff to landing flight reports on the Stearman, Texan, Mustang and B-17. Having seen several of the restored warbirds

Marines Exercise With Raaf: A number of US Marine Corp aircraft are currently based in Darwin for the three month Exercise Southern Frontier. F/A-18s, AV-8BS, EA-6Bs and KC-130 tankers and 500 personnel from Marine Air Group 12 will be based at RAAF Base Darwin to participate in two separate six week deployments to exercise with

Qantas four engined airliner will cost no more to operate than an equivalent twin, and the new spares arrangement is part of that. The company guarantees to supply parts for an agreed charge, which means operators will be able to accurately predict spares costs and budget accordingly. With engine manufacturer Textron Lycoming offering a similar

Ansett Reorders A320s: Ansett Australia has ordered an additional five A320 twinjets to augment the dozen already in service. The order substitutes five from the 10 aircraft order for A321s that originally were to have been delivered to Ansett from 1995 onwards. The five new A320s will be delivered through the 1995-97 period whilst the