Marc Joel Atrero

The Numbers Game The statistics appear each year – the number of accidents per hundred-thousand flying hours, the percentage of fatal accidents, the five-year averages and so on. The numbers can be juggled, interpreted and analysed depending on your point of view. But, no matter how you look at them, how you smooth the data,

Auf Update Relations between the AUF and the DotA had become increasingly strained during March/April as George Markey became increasingly frustrated by his lack of success in bringing about any relaxation of ANO 96. 25. His proposals to move outside the influence of the DotA, while well-intentioned for the AUF, caused further alienation from the

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Penguin Express Buys a Dove In Traffic, March issue we detailed what had happened to the 6 DH104 Dove aircraft previously operated by the NTMS. We made mentioned that the only airworthy Dove left in Australia was VH-ABM of Pays Air Services, Scone. The recent sale of this aircraft and research into the whereabouts of

Air New Zealand Looks to Europe After a year of company refusals to confirm or deny, Air New Zealand admits it is seeking a route destination on the European mainland. The airline wants to fly into Germany and Frankfurt is the considered terminal. Government-to-government talks have concluded agreeably and negotiations are now taking place between

10 Years Ago •An announcement was made on 1 July that the Government has ordered 12 Lockheed C-130H Hercules to replace the C-130As presently operated by the RAAF’s No 36 Squadron. The cost of the new aircraft is $93,5m and they are due to be delivered during 1978. • During the Israeli Commando attack on