Marc Joel Atrero

Flight instructing with UNSW The line of training aircraft sits at the ready on the Bankstown Airport tarmac. Beneath their clear expansive canopies, students and instructors can be seen running through checklists, pointing and nodding in affirmation. It is a scene repeated year after year all around the world as the lessons of flight are

ADF UAVs in Afghanistan Australian media coverage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), perhaps more provocatively described as ‘drones’, tends to focus on armed US Predators and Reapers ‘neutralising’ Taliban insurgent leadership figures. But that focus ignores and marginalises the work of the Australian UAVs and their operators in providing intelligence and saving lives on the

Qantas unveils its latest flying canvas Qantas and Boeing have unveiled the most complex painting of a plane ever undertaken to celebrate one of Australia’s most famous Indigenous artists. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email

The RAAF’s Afghanistan air bridge We’re really invested in making Australian Aviation as good as it possibly can be. I know that can sound like empty corporate rhetoric, but I’d argue that our record over the last few years backs that up, from the magazine redesign at the start of 2013 to the launch of

Reviewing the Australia, New Caledonia, NZ & PNG business jet fleet Bizjet deliveries to the region dropped by 38 per cent in the 12 months under review but fleet numbers still grew by a minimal two per cent. In the period under review 13 aircraft were delivered while 11 were either sold overseas, withdrawn from

The RAAF’s quiet achievers RAAF aircrew potentially face a variety of occupational hazards during the course of a tour – hostile terrain, mechanical failure or even hostile radars. The pilots and crew attendants of Air Lift Group’s 34SQN, operators of the RAAF’s VIP – or Special Purpose Aircraft (SPA) – might be able to add