Marc Joel Atrero

Qantas Group News In this issue we report the departure of a Qantas 767-300 and a 737-400. Qantas withdrew 767-336ER VH-ZXD from service on July 1 after it operated QF505 from Brisbane to Sydney. VH-ZXD, with its Qantas titles and kangaroo removed, ferried out of Sydney on July 16 to Shanghai as QF6025. VH-ZXD was

Solo around the world, aged 19 I first met Ryan Campbell and his parents at Avalon in February of this year. Surrounded by banners and a globe displaying a flight path around 360 degrees of longitude, the nineteen year-old had his eyes firmly set on being the youngest person to fly solo around the world.

EC225 helicopters return to flight after grounding This publicity shot shows a Seahawk flying an International Fleet Review flag above four 723SQN Squirrels wearing Fleet Review decals, plus an 808SQN MRH 90, 723SQN Bell 429 and a second 816SQN Seahawk at HMAS Albatross, Nowra. DEFENCE This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Tips for long-distance flying A long-distance flight, an information gathering flight and a visit to a new location. All those and more were the reasons for me to co-pilot a recent flight of a Piper Saratoga from Moorabbin to Darwin. Territory Air Services is a Darwin charter operator. Recently the firm purchased the Saratoga as

Twenty-six aircraft are listed in the New Allocations section this month including the first Kaman K-Max helicopter to be seen in Australia. Kaman Helicopters, best known in this country for the RAN Seasprite debacle, was founded in 1945 by American Charles Kaman who was researching a better way of overcoming the inherent instability of early

Election represents a watershed opportunity The upcoming federal election is likely to be a watershed whatever the result. Compared to other industries, aviation is so weighed down by over-regulation, red-tape and bloated bureaucracy it is something of a miracle that it survives at all. There are no government cash hand-outs, no union campaigns calling for