Marc Joel Atrero

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

Not the ‘who?’, focus on the ‘why?’ When I was growing up, there were a few basic rules about when to speak and when not to. In an aviation sense, human factors and CRM refined the process further, but even so, one was encouraged to be measured in one’s thoughts and avoid shooting from the

The search for MH370 two years on Two years ago on March 8 2014 MH370 – with 239 passengers and crew aboard – went missing on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. So far, only one piece of wreckage – a flaperon – has been recovered, while 80,000 sq kms of the ocean floor of

New Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies on RAAF cultural change and capabilities To paraphrase our new Prime Minister, there’s never been a busier time to be the Chief of Air Force. As this issue of Australian Aviation went to press, Royal Australian Air Force Hornets, supported by a Wedgetail AEW&C platform and

The problem with ultra long-haul passenger experience Clearly, this is the month for airlines to fight over the title of “longest flight in the world”, with Emirates (Dubai-Auckland, Dubai- Panama City) and United (San Francisco-Singapore) – and possibly Qatar Airways (Doha- Auckland) – all fighting for the crown of Worst Longest Flight. Excuse me, “World’s