During the past week the old concrete pathway between the car park and the main terminal has been replaced by a modern style brick pave walkway

30 years ago the same area contained numerous garden beds and flowers which eventually disappeared with the change to the government's "user pays" policy for aviation

A notable comment on the new path suggested the money may have been better spent on airport security including surveillance cameras after several cars parked outside the main terminal overnight were found damaged the next morning

 July 18: 
Concorde departed from UK's Heathrow airport on its verification flight, a three hour supersonic jaunt over the North Atlantic ocean to Iceland and return with BA's chief Concorde pilot Captain Mike Bannister at the wheel

On board acting as co-pilot was the UK Civil Aviation Authority's chief test pilot Jock Reid, and a team of engineers. The aircraft returned to the RAF base at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at around 1800hrs

 July 16: 
The travelling OZ Federation air show involving a number of historical towns in western Queensland is attracting widespread media attention

Media quote:- The biggest crowd of the Federation Airshows in the Outback series turned out at Cloncurry yesterday to watch the best in the aviation business thrill and entertain. Event organizers estimated 7000 people were at the outback town's airfield..

 July 17: 
Law firm Slater & Gordon yesterday served CASA and other airlines including Qantas with legal documents alleging they had breached their duty of care to protect the safety of passengers on board aircraft

Law firm partner Paul Henderson said "CASA's sole purpose in life is as the public watchdog responsible for the safety of airlines and their passengers. CASA has breached its duty of care to airline passengers for not warning them about deep vein thrombosis and they are now entitled to compensation"