Marc Joel Atrero

Investment in new gliders and facilities pays dividends for Australian Air Force Cadets Under cloudy skies, a group of Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) rolls an ASK-21 Mi glider, VH-NQS, out onto Runway 35 at Bathurst Regional Airport. Once in position, a cable attached to the Piper Pawnee PA-25 a short distance in front is

Professional pilots seem to be under ever-increasing levels of stress My mind clicks on and off. I try letting one eyelid close at a time while I prop the other with my will. But the effect is too much, sleep is winning, my whole body argues dully that nothing, nothing life can attain is quite

The Wedgetail has matured to become the West’s ‘go to’ AEW&C of choice No one even remotely connected with the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail needs to be reminded of the aircraft’s drawn-out, plagued introduction to service with the RAAF’s 2SQN. Intended to loiter the battlespace, the Wedgetail instead haunted the infamous Department of Defence Projects of

When Airbus in late April celebrated the tenth anniversary of the first flight of its ground-breaking very large A380 there was no shortage of rhetoric from the European manufacturer. “The plane became an overnight sensation as a global audience of millions watched in awe…since then, passengers go out of their way to fly it, while

It could well go down as the third Gulf war but this time the ammunition is rhetoric. A vicious war of words has erupted between the fast-growing Middle East airlines and their rivals from the US and Europe and, while it may be on the other side of the world, the outcome may have repercussions

Powering Australia’s next fighter In June 2014 an F-35A Joint Strike Fighter suffered a catastrophic fire in its F135 engine, fortunately before the aircraft had taken off. Almost a year later the engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney, is still working on a fix with Lockheed Martin, the US Department of Defense, the US Air Force,