Marc Joel Atrero

The carbon tax is further putting the squeeze on regional airlines’ marginal operations, while the imminent arrival of Virgin ATRs represents a new competitive threat. The two largest intrastate networks are Queensland, around five million passengers p/a, and NSW two million, but despite recent restarts 26 Queensland and 23 NSW towns that previously had RPT

The Australian media worked itself up into a real frenzy after Defence Minister Stephen Smith’s comments about the possibility of acquiring more Super Hornets during his visit to Washington DC in July. Smith said that another batch of Super Hornets was the “logical option” when asked by the ABC what the RAAF would do if

From the start of flying until recent times the basic method of VFR navigation has been the chart, watch and compass. The last 10 years or so has seen a revolution in both cockpit instrumentation and electronic navigation. In some areas the revolution has moved too fast for the users to fully comprehend. It was

There is no doubt that regional aviation has undergone a quiet but steady technological revolution across Australia in the last 10 years. As well as significant avionics and systems upgrades to sound, mainstay aircraft such as Metros, Saab 340s, Dash 8s, Brasilias and Fokker 50s and 100s, new models to our shores are arriving in

A8-132 was used extensively by the Edinburgh based ARDU for weapons testing for the type between 1979 and 1988, with over 30 major trials conducted. Following completion of trials, A8-132 was returned to the main F-111 fleet and resumed duties as a strike aircraft. The aircraft has been repainted in its original ARDU colours in

Since the Korean War, when significant numbers of jet powered fighters engaged in combat, the United States Air Force has used a “generation” classification to describe in broad terms the capabilities of groups of fighters. While increases in capabilities to date have been largely linear, there is a growing belief that the latest generation has