Marc Joel Atrero

The trip of a lifetime That is what British entrepreneur Matthew Munson enjoyed when he travelled in Canada’s last airworthy Lancaster Vera on its flight to the UK on August 8. There the machine has joined with the last airworthy British Lancaster Thumper, operated by Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Munson won the trip to

Jet airliner deliveries July-December 2013 This issue, while columnist Gordon Reid is on leave in the US, Traffic produces its annual summary of aircraft deliveries and disposals in our region for the six-month halves of the previous financial year. For the six months to December 2013 28 commercial jet aircraft were delivered to operators in

Navy drops first torpedoes, fires Hellfires from the Romeo Crews from Navy’s NUSQN 725 have successfully launched the Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo and fired the Hellfire anti-surface missile from the unit’s new MH-60R Seahawk during a two-week deployment to the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) on Andros Island, Bahamas. A total of three

Getting buy-in from the Milliennial generation In the 1980s the aviation community declared victory over stereotypical authoritarian hierarchies in cockpits and maintenance workshops. Consequently flightdeck hierarchies and accident rates reduced. Today, a new challenge exists: accounting for the generational differences between Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials – a complex situation that the industry hasn’t

The company that has built 80 million cars and 250 million motorbikes is about to deliver its first corporate jet The much-anticipated public debut of the Honda Aircraft Company’s HA-420 HondaJet production model in Oshkosh follows its first flight on June 27, and brings new innovation and performance ever closer to first delivery, which is

Aviation’s problem. And aviation needs to develop the solution Air travel is exceptionally safe. It’s even more safe when travelling on international airlines based in countries rated high or medium on development indices, which have extensive safety oversight. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the