Marc Joel Atrero

The ‘retro roo’ remembers a very different Qantas of the 1970s and 1980s, as former Qantas Captain Bill Anderson recalls Qantas recently saw the arrival of a new Boeing 737-800 which is painted in a 1970s era ‘retro’ livery. Timely, as it seems to me there are many loyal Qantas staff, both current and retired,

BAE Systems Australia’s move into commercial aircraft maintenance lands a Tiger by the tail BAE Systems is the third largest defence contractor in the world, and enjoys a particularly strong role in military aircraft sustainment in Australia. In October 2013, the company announced it had been chosen to provide base maintenance services for a commercial

Australian pilot Geoff Hucker is helping Ethiopian orphans to fly higher For most Australians who grew up in the 1980s, Ethiopia was more closely associated with war and famine than vacation, but for Geoff Hucker, the east African country had always been a source of fascination. Inspired as a boy by stories of Solomon and

Pilatus PC-21 – 21 by name, 21st (Century) by nature Thousands of feet below the sharply pointed nose, Lake Lucerne whirls wildly as our PC-21 spins earthward. The altimeter is unwinding at a prodigious rate, and we’re already below the summits of many of the Alps. As the nose flicks round for a sixth time

Five years of Air New Zealand’s viral inflight safety videos Just five years ago, it would have seemed incomprehensible to have airline safety videos featuring Hollywood stars – let alone filmmakers, adventurers, swimsuit models and comedy legends. But that’s just what Air New Zealand has done with its 10 quirky, unusual and viral safety videos,

The date was August 17 1989. Qantas’s first Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA, swept into Sydney through dark rain clouds and, at 2:20 pm touched down on a damp Runway 16, becoming the first commercial aircraft to fly nonstop from London to Australia, breaking a distance barrier that seemed unbreakable for years… and hasn’t been repeated since.