Marc Joel Atrero

Maintaining your flight skills In flight training a pilot gradually acquires a set of skills that allows him or her to be able to fly an aircraft. Passing a flight test is the usual mark of saying that a pilot has taken on board those skills to be used at a later time. But what

Brindabella collapse highlights gaps in NSW regional airlinks Regional air services in New South Wales after Brindabella is the tip of an iceberg going down – and back – a long way. Arthur Butler and Don Shand, the founders of Butler Air Transport and East-West Airlines respectively, embarked on extensive route development, with Shand in

Five new types are shown in the New Allocations section this issue including Bell and Mosquito helicopters, Jonker gliders, a Morgan Cheyenne and the Waco version of the classic Great Lakes biplane. Bankstown Helicopters’ Bell 407GX BLE is the first of its type to enter service locally and will be used for corporate and VIP

Second F-35 buy confirms 5th gen future RAAF fighter fleet It is the decision that has been made before. There was the Howard government’s 2002 decision to join the Joint Strike Fighter program. Then there was the Rudd government’s 2009 approval for a first batch of 14 jets. This content is available exclusively to Australian

2014 shapes as a crucial year for aviation in Australia There is change in the air. No doubt about it. The Aviation Safety Regulatory Review is close to completing its vital work. The CASA CEO job has been advertised finally and the CASA board will soon be injected with desperately-needed new blood. Industry is also

Time for a structural and systemic rebuild of CASA Of the 270+ submissions received by the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review, a common theme appears to be the unpredictability of CASA decision-making processes and systems which embed poor outcomes for industry, rather than creating opportunities for efficiency and win-win scenarios. The evidence of individual companies has