Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorToo Much Too Soon?
January 1, 2012 0 comment“The [US] Department [of Defense] began the F-35 program confident that the benefits from a new generation of advanced design and simulation tools would provide a more mature system earlier in the test program than previously experienced in fighter development programs,” observes a Pentagon review into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. “It was this
Read moreIssue 289: Dark Days
December 26, 2011 0 commentDeath by a thousand cuts Qantas boss Alan Joyce likened the three unions’ industrial campaigns that eventually led to the airline’s extraordinary self imposed grounding as “death by a thousand cuts”. From the unions’ point of view, it was ‘industrial campaign 101’ stuff – ratcheting up the heat with a slowly increasing frequency of increasingly
Read moreLibya, and the Australian Defence Force
December 23, 2011 0 commentWestern politicians and military leaders need to understand very clearly that the defeat of the Gaddafi regime in Libya represents a major achievement for advanced air power. NATO’s campaign deserves careful study. It is true that, ultimately, revolutionary soldiers from Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) had to capture urban centres through close-up, street-by-street, house-by-house combat.
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December 22, 2011 0 commentNew Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AQO GippsAero GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320‑11‑168 26/9/11 GippsAero, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 ATZ Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk XXVIB 075 20/10/11 Nigel Arnot, 655 Haven Rd Upper Brookfield Qld 4069 BHI Robinson R44 Raven II 10299 28/10/11 Summerhill Equipment, 95 Wrights La Moriarty Tas 7307 VH‑RAD
Read moreAerial Ag – Safety systems a focus of new manual
December 21, 2011 0 commentIt’s one thing to be safe once, but you need a system to be safe all the time. That is the thinking behind the new edition of the Aerial Application Pilots Manual developed by the AAAA with the support of CASA and ATSB. ‘Safer thinking systems’ is a new chapter that pulls together a lot
Read moreDelivering social and economic good
December 21, 2011 0 commentAs mentioned before in this column, aviation does not live in isolation from the economic or social challenges confronting Australia, domestically and internationally. A recent article published in the Climate Spectator by two ANU academics suggests further taxes on emissions from international air travel. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
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