Marc Joel Atrero

 Second Phase of Parliamentary Investigation Into the Dota About to Commence: The second phase of the investigation into the Department of Aviation by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Expenditures is about to commence. Phase one, reporting on what is commonly referred as the Darling Harbour Heliport Fiasco, was completed during the latter stages

 Aerospatiale Launch an Attack Version of the Dauphin: Aerospatiale has launched an attack version of the popular Dauphin helicopter. Designated the Panther, the revised Dauphin can carry a wide array of armaments and operate in both the utility and attack role with a quick change interior. Árma ment consists of a variety of rocket launchers,

United SP Undercarriage Failure Prompts More Questions on 747 Fatigue Problems: Failure of the port outer undercarriage of a United Airlines 747SP at Mascot airport on May 23rd has raised new calls for a more stringent fatigue monitoring programme for older wide-bodied aircraft While only ten years old, the sold, the SP in question was

Where Are the Cheap Fares? Readers with elephantine memories might remember our story on p17 of the March edition concerning the aged widow who tried to book an Apex fare on TAA and Ansett last September for travel in late December and could not get a seat. Following that item in Airline Affairs, we have

March strike madness did nothing to enhance the image of aviation to the travelling public. Maybe it was the imminent presence of Alley’s Comet or a good ol’ dose of the full moon but the various aviation-affiliated trade unions certainly turned on a fair dose of triviality during the month of March. In terms of

Auf Update There has been quite a lot of AUF activity during February and March. The main points covered in the February Federal Council meeting of interest to readers were: The agreement to add to the operations manual the capability to endorse pilot certificates to cover special pilot skills, eg. non-aerobatic formation flying and operations