Marc Joel Atrero

While researching material for a book project recently, this writer was reminded of the original reasons the RAAF thought it could cover the gap between the retirement of the F-111 and the arrival of the F-35 JSF when the F-111 retirement decision was taken back in 2004. In 2005, then Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL

Longreach Catalina Arrives it was all smiles at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach, Queensland, on September 14 when the museum’s Catalina, VH-EAX, touched down there at the end of its extended ferry flight from Spain. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

Chinooks Return To Service After Grounding The Australian Army has lifted the grounding of its five Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters, after satisfying itself there were no problems with the heavylift helicopter’s advanced flight control system (AFCS). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

Qantas Group News In This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A330-200 to Jetstar, Two A320s to Jetstar Asia, and a 737-800 to Qantas. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep

Taking the challenge Flying for me has always been about the challenge – whether it was studying for a new licence or rating, or being able to fly a new type. So when I was offered the opportunity to do some work in a very challenging aircraft I jumped at the chance. The Technoavia SMG-92

One 787 delivery down, 820 to go “The bigger the innovation the more you can tolerate failure. If we had these kinds of execution problems with a product that wasn’t this innovative, we’d be in real trouble.” Boeing chairman and CEO Jim McNerney’s comments on the 787 execution at an IBM Think Tank Forum in