Marc Joel Atrero

Eagle Citation Now in Australian Operation: Caims-based Air North Queensland has taken delivery of a Cessna Citation Eagle, the first executive jet of its kind in Australia. The Eagle, which underwent modifications at the Robertson STOL company in America, cruises at 700kph at a height of 41,000. It has a range of 3,500km. This content

Staffing Reductions at the Gaf: Defence Minister Kim Beazley announced during July that staff reductions would occur at the GAF, Garden Island and Williamstown Dockyards in addition to the Office of Defence Production in Canberra. Total reductions will reach nearly 1400 by the end of this year and will see around 670 people being shed

Ansett Teams With Bond in Far Reaching Airship Link: Ansett Transport Industries and the Bond Corporation have teamed in a 50/50 joint marketing and development venture to promote the Skyship series of airships for the Pacific and Asian regions, excluding Japan A similar agreement was formed between Bond and Westinghouse i the US during May.

Is Cost Recovery the Coup de Grace for General Aviation? If the mid-eighties account for anything historic in aviation in Australia then it will certainly be remembered as the time when those involved in General Aviation began to fight back against what they perceived as unfair cost allocation. Nothing new many will say, specific consumer

RAAF Hit Hard by Increasing Resignations The RAAF is literally losing its lifeblood. Numbers of staff have fallen to an alarming low and if anything, the exodus appears to be accelerating, despite vigorous recruitment drives. The outflow of officers, in particular, is causing increasing concern not only within the Air Force, but in the wider

Bureaucratic delays hamper private enterprise initiatives yet again. Despite nearly four years’ notice of Mr Barney Fernandes’ initiatives to set up the first diploma course for flying training in conjunction with the South Australian Institute of Technology at the Australian Aviation College in Adelaide, the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission (CTEC) waited until literally days before