Marc Joel Atrero

Corsair Progress Chance-Vought F4U-1D Corsair VH-NQW is under active rebuild at Mareeba in Queensland. A recent photo of the aircraft fuselage, sprayed with etch prime, showed that major work has been carried out on the machine. Having said that a lot more work needs to be carried out before the aircraft will take to the

10 Years Ago • China’s airlines will be consolidated which will see nine of the country’s airlines merged into three surviving airlines, Air China, China Eastern and China Southern. The three airlines will handle 80 per cent of China’s domestic market plus almost all of the international routes. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Helicopters Australia (HNZ) has reached a $125 million deal with Rio Tinto to provide three new AgustaWestland AW109SP helicopters to the mining giant’s Dampier and Cape Lambert operations in WA. The AW109s will replace two Eurocopter EC145 HNZ had provided to Rio Tinto under a contract expiring this year. This content is available exclusively to

Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, an A320 to each of Jetstar and Jetstar Japan, two A320s to Jetstar Pacific, a Fokker 100 to Network Aviation and two Q400s to QantasLink. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

The arrival of four Indonesian air force Su-27/30 Flanker strike/ fighters at Darwin in late July to participate in an air combat exercise was an important and symbolic event. It is, after all, only 13 years since the Australian Defence Force led a United Nationsendorsed intervention into East Timor to facilitate the former Indonesian province’s

Magnificent twin diesels make the difference The Diamond DA42 Twin Star is not a new entrant in the light aircraft game but its latest variant is set to potentially change the playing field. The DA42NG or ‘Next Generation’ not only boasts an eye-catching airframe — it now has the engines to match. A long road