Marc Joel Atrero

Perhaps if John Borghetti is looking for a new theme song for his born again Virgin Blue Group he may like to consider Bob Dylan’s famous The Times are a-Changing. For they certainly are and probably faster than many suspect as a wide range of factors converge to turn the old order into a tail

Aviation responds to the Queensland floods EMS helicopters, ADF aircraft, commercial airliners and even general aviation pilots pitched in from above to provide vital supply drops, medevacs and support to anyone who needed it in flood-affected Queensland. Ravaged by January’s ‘worst floods in 50 years’, thousands living in the central and southeast parts of Queensland

Boom break, paperwork issues delay KC-30 A missed delivery deadline and then a broken boom during a routine pilot currency flight have thrown the spotlight on the RAAF’s delayed KC-30 tanker program. Airbus Military failed to deliver a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) to the RAAF by the end of 2010, despite the company

Air NZ’s 777-300ER era arrives Now former Air New Zealand GM long haul airline Ed Sims is not one to make bold claims, so when he says that the airline’s new cabin makeover rolled out on its first new 338-seat Boeing 777-300ER in December “is the most significant advance in comfort for economy passengers since

Air Marshal Mark Binskin, Chief of Air Force The Royal Australian Air Force celebrates its 90th anniversary in March, although military flying in Australia dates back closer to 100 years following the formation of the Central Flying School (CFS) in October 1912. Then in 1914 the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was established as a corps

Is China entering the ‘5th gen’ fighter club? The recent appearance and subsequent first flight of what appears to be a Chinese fifth generation combat aircraft has raised many more questions than it has answered. Grainy images of the aircraft, quickly dubbed J-XX or J-20 by western observers in the absence of an official designation,