Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorFree to a good home: 40 years of aviation history
May 7, 2026 0 commentAn Australian Aviation reader is looking for help finding a place for a massive time capsule of photographic slides from Sydney Airport spanning the better part of a half-century.
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May 5, 2026 0 commentCASA, can you hear me? CASA, can you see me? CASA, can you help me work out your new Register data file system? I beg. Another quarter of desperately trying (and failing) to understand the inner workings of these complex data sheets, and while some progress has been made, it is apparent to me that my
Read more‘Well done, Deborah Jane’
May 4, 2026 0 commentIn this extract from her memoir, “Touching the Sky”, Deborah Lawrie recounts her history-making inaugural flight as Australia’s first female commercial pilot at a major airline.
Read moreFighting to fly: how Deb Lawrie made aviation history
May 3, 2026 0 commentIn 1980, Deborah Lawrie entered the halls of aviation legends by becoming Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot following a four-year battle with Ansett. Now, more than 45 years on, she is the world’s oldest female commercial pilot and spoke to Australian Aviation following the release of a memoir looking back on her trailblazing career.
Read moreHow Bonza went from boom to bust
May 2, 2026 0 commentTwo years ago, Bonza – Australia’s newest jet airline, and its only independent low-cost carrier – collapsed in a day after its aircraft were pulled out from under it, leaving passengers, staff, and directors alike high and dry. Now, its former CEO Tim Jordan speaks exclusively to Australian Aviation on what went wrong – and what lessons can be learned from the wreckage.
Read moreOpinion: Could our retiring Tigers be transformed into ‘Ghost Tigers’?
May 2, 2026 0 commentRobert Dougherty asks, should Australia’s retiring Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters be given a second life as attack drones?
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