Marc Joel Atrero

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10 Years Ago • The first flight of the Boeing 747 fitted with the 50,000lb thrust Rolls Royce RB211-524B took place at Paine Field, Seattle on 3 September. Although the engines are only initially cleared to 48,000lb it is expected that they will be uprated later, probably in 1978. • Qantas announced on 3 September

Fixed base operators, or FBOs, as they are more commonly known are all the vogue in the US and Europe and in recent years have begun to appear in the main capital cities of Australia. Both Pacific Aviation and Hawker Pacific have operated well-organised and highly capable FBO’s throughout Australia since the early eighties while

TAA, or Australian Airlines as it has more recently become known has now celebrated forty years of airline service. What is generally not remembered nowadays is the political and funding traumas that marked its early years. In this three-part series we relive the birth of Australia’s ‘other’ domestic airline, examine the aircraft and operating decisions

For about one hour on a recent Saturday afternoon, I was able to join their ranks and savour the delights of the corporate heavy iron pilots when I had the pleasure of flying Canadair’s Challenger 601. And in the words of Canadair demonstration pilot, Captain Bruce Boehm, “Getting used to flying the 601 is about

On July 15, 1954, the prototype Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker flew for the first time. After evaluation by the USAF, an initial batch of twenty-nine KC-135A’s were ordered and the first of these was delivered to Castle AFB, California, in June 1957. This jet tanker was designed to replace the piston-engined Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter tanker which