Marc Joel Atrero

The fourth iteration of Boeing’s 737, the 737 MAX, has completed its first flight, marking the commencement of a four-aircraft flight test campaign. The first 737 MAX development aircraft, 737 MAX 8 N8701Q Spirit of Renton, took off from Boeing’s Renton, Washington State site (where all 737s are built) at 9:46am local time on January

Port Augusta airport is home to an important regional airline link, a key hub for the Flying Doctor, an important FIFO port and a potentially a key logistics hub for the Army’s Cultana Training Area Port Augusta airport, South Australia’s “gateway to the Outback” is seeking to boost tourism and Defence work, as it feels

Australia set to acquire three more CH-47F Chinooks The US Department of State has approved the possible sale of three more Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Australia. The potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program deal, which is valued at US$180 million and includes related equipment and support, would take the Australian Army’s ‘Foxtrot’ fleet to

Stats show the changing fortunes of Qantas International Buried within the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics’ latest monthly international airline activity report is a remarkable stat. For the month of November 2015, Qantas flew 10.7 per cent more international passengers into and out of Australia than it did in November 2014. When was

CAC factory worker, Korean War fighter pilot, civil charter pilot and aviation author and historian – Keith Meggs has (almost) done it all Keith Meggs’ house lies under the flightpath of a nearby airport and is crammed –literally –with thousands of publications on aviation. Two stand out. His seven logbooks and his self-penned masterwork, 40

Law says: Consider E-7, G550 and EA-18G as the ‘eyes’, ‘ears’ and ‘teeth’ respectively. The P-8 has elements of all three but with a very maritime focus and that really should remain its focus. If the end result is anything like the Israeli ‘Shavit’ then it should be a fairly passive platform in nature. Effectively