Marc Joel Atrero

Preparing your business as you would prepare for a flight Through its safety courses, AAAA is providing pilots with tools that can help them focus on what is coming rather than what has been. Far from being some kind of hippy foresight based on alignment of the stars, trying to predict the future is something

It is time to remove aviation’s regulatory compliance burden Regional aviation is a highly dynamic environment and can give the appearance of always being at the crossroads. This however can encourage a focus on the challenges rather than the opportunities. As some services are withdrawn due to cost pressures on operators, local councils are starting

Staggerwing down Beech D-17S Staggerwing VH‑FNS has been damaged in a forced landing due to an apparent engine problem. The aircraft landed wheels-up in a paddock at Dardanup, 13km southeast of Bunbury, WA on May 31. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

Qantas Group news Qantas withdrew 747-438 VH‑OJL from service in Los Angeles on May 26 after the aircraft operated QF107 from Sydney. The following day as QF6024 VH-OJL was ferried from Los Angeles to Victorville where it was placed in storage. VH-OJL City of Ballaarat was originally delivered to Qantas in Sydney on July 26

Melbourne’s new air traffic control tower The opening of the new Melbourne control tower on March 14 completed Stage One of Airservices’ National Towers Program. Importantly this program also incorporated a ‘game changing’ new control tower technology-termed Integrated Tower Automation Suite (INTAS). This technology consolidates operational information and systems currently provided by numerous computer screens

Bell’s new short light single A brand new version of Bell Helicopter’s classic 206 JetRanger, one of the world’s most popular single-turbine helicopters with over 4,800 examples built, is now at prototype stage with the final design expected to re-enter Bell into the fray of the short light single (SLS) market from early 2016. The