Marc Joel Atrero

The ADF is about to embark on a wholesale change to its aviation training systems with the maturing of its Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training Systems (HATS) and Air 5428 Pilot Training System (PTS) projects. Air 9000 Phase 7 will not only replace Army’s Bell 206B Kiowa and Navy’s Squirrel training helicopters, but

10 Years Ago • Initial air strikes against 31 targets were launched on October 7 in Operation Enduring Freedom against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and Taliban military positions in Afghanistan. Forces employed in the first missions were B-52s and B-1Bs operating from Diego Garcia, USN aircraft from the USS Enterprise and Carl Vinson, six B-2As

…cameraman John Bean on August 18 when the ABC Television Squirrel helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Lake Eyre, outback South Australia. Ticehurst, 60 – pictured here in the right hand seat of the ABC’s Squirrel during the Sydney-Hobart yacht race – was a veteran pilot with 16,000 flying hours experience, and had been

Across Australia aerial application companies are preparing for another busy season. Deep maintenance has been completed, pilots and aircraft are being lined up and companies are starting their marketing. Work in some areas is already picking up. But rebuilding from a long drought can take several seasons and a number of issues are emerging that

The Productivity Commission’s massive 412 page Economic Regulation of Airport Services draft report found current price monitoring more effective than previous capping, and rated our airports favourably or better than those overseas. But not all airport users agreed with that optimistic assessment, and the thorny issue of regional price capping at Sydney was outside its

In 2014-2015, the Royal Australian Navy plans to commission two Amphibious Assault Ships, also known as LHDs (Landing Helicopter Dock). Named HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide, at around 30,700 short tons displacement they will be the biggest warships the RAN has ever operated. By comparison, the service’s last aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne, which was paid-off