Marc Joel Atrero

Chinooks complete Afghanistan deployment The Australian Army’s detachment to Rotary Wing Group – Eight (RWG-8) – has completed its mission in Afghanistan, marked by an end of mission ceremony at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) on September 14. The KAF-based RWG consisted of two Boeing CH-47D Chinook medium lift helicopters operated throughout the Afghan summer months as

Latrobe Valley Sabre jet flies Jeff Trappett took his CAC Sabre into the air at Latrobe Valley airport, Victoria on September 21 on its first post-restoration flight. The aircraft, VH-SBR, previously A94-352 with the RAAF, is a CAC-built CA-27 Mk 32. Built in 1957, it was placed on the civil register on June 9 2011.

Four new types and four new variants of existing types are shown in the New Allocations section this month. The two most interesting are the first Qantas Boeing 787, about which much has been written already, and Owen Smith’s Beech Mentor XUS. Walter Beech developed the Mentor as a replacement for the aging North American

An encouraging start as new government grasps the issues The aviation industry rarely ceases to amaze and inspire. The RAAA Annual Meeting and Convention was concluded recently and the atmosphere was very positive. Change is in the air and it seemed to re-energise previously jaded industry participants. The Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss opened the

Rebuilding the government-industry relationship While the election of a new government with an aviation policy has increased enthusiasm within industry, there remains a lot of hard work required to rebuild confidence in the positive role government can and should play in aviation. Ignoring aviation – and transport more generally – in the new ministry was

Maintaining standards in the global context One of the most powerful ideas that was reaffirmed at the recent Australian Airports Association (AAA) National Conference in Darwin was that education is one of the main tools available to airports and the regulators to keep the air transport system safe, secure, environmentally responsible and efficient for the