Marc Joel Atrero

The last of the Cherokee Six line THE CHEROKEE 6XT was the last incarnation of Piper’s popular and long-lived six-seat single which first appeared in1963. Essentially, the 6XT is a turbocharged Cherokee 6X. In production between 2003 and late 2007, both aircraft came with the option of flat screens, as fitted to the 6XT in

RAAF Museum displays and preserves Air Force history The Royal Australian Air Force began to preserve its heritage in earnest only in 1971. To that point, a collection agency established by AIRMSHL George Jones had existed to collect and catalogue RAAF artefacts, but the occasion of the service’s 50th anniversary saw it initiate a more

Rex responds to pilot shortage by growing its own Regional airlines have always been a prime hunting ground for the major airlines when the need for pilots arises – so much so that at one stage in 2007, Regional Express lost 50 per cent of its pilots to the majors. The revolving door of qualifying

Aviation’s struggle to keep up with WA’s FIFO boom Western Australia’s resources sector workforce is increasing rapidly, with a consequent boom in fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) operations which has resulted in significant infrastructure and operational challenges for the aviation industry. The size of the resources workforce in WA and the use of FIFO arrangements are sharply increasing.

The Qantas Pathfinders Charity Flight The human side of aviation can sometimes be lost in the maze of marketshare and bottom lines. Yet there are those who toil tirelessly in the field such as the Flying Doctor, search and rescue crews and everyday folk in times of natural disasters. And there is one organisation that

The Qantas brand after the grounding When the DC-10 suffered a series of tragic crashes in the late 1970s then McDonnell Douglas President Sandy McDonnell quipped that every time an ash tray was full on a DC-10 it would be front page of the local paper. And so it was with every minor glitch making