Marc Joel Atrero

The RAAF in operation over Iraq The two extra C-17s for the RAAF have been announced seemingly more times than Dame Nellie Melba made comebacks. The Prime Minister’s early April confirmation of a seventh and eighth C-17 comes after the acquisition was twice flagged in 2014. But arguably it is a decision so good it

Australia’s airports are working harder than ever to provide a seamless travel experience At a time when Australia’s major airports are making record investments in vital transport infrastructure that supports the growth of Australia’s aviation sector, it is disappointing to see the national consumer watchdog belittle these achievements with a one-sided and increasingly irrelevant report.

Qantas Group news In this issue we report the sales of a Qantas 767-300 and a 737-400 out of storage at Victorville and Network Aviation selling another EMB‑120ER. A330-202 VH-EBJ, which operated its last service for Jetstar on February 25 (Traffic/April), was registered to Qantas on February 26. After being painted in Qantas colours in

The H generation for Airbus Helicopters Airbus Helicopters revealed a new naming convention for its helicopter product range at March’s Heli-Expo to officially complete its brand transformation from Eurocopter. Under the new system, the letter ‘H’ (for helicopter) has replaced the previous ‘EC’ prefix with the majority of suffixes remaining the same for an easy

Flying on NASA’s 46-year old DC-8 For so many aviation tragics it is a childhood encounter with a magnificent aircraft that lights a flame that never goes out. My encounter was a flight on an Air New Zealand Douglas DC-8 between Sydney and Christchurch in 1968 that sparked a passion for the aircraft and the

Behind Matt Hall’s smile is the unmistakable determination needed to reach the top Eight hundredths of a second – it sounds like a camera shutter speed. It was actually the miniscule margin that prevented Matt Hall from winning the opening Red Bull Air Race (RBAR) for 2015. It’s a blink, a hair’s breadth and it