Marc Joel Atrero

Better times for business aviation Business aviation globally has faced another tough year, although the growth of the Australian economy has seen the local industry hold up reasonably well. “Our business aviation community is very healthy and they are using their aircraft and are off buying more,” Australian Business Aviation Association CEO David Bell told

RNZAF accepts first upgraded Hercules Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Lockheed C-130H Hercules NZ7004 of 40 Squadron was accepted back into service at RNZAF Base Auckland following a ceremony on October 21 to celebrate the home coming of the first aircraft to be put through the Life Extension Programme (LEP). NZ7004 is one of

According to Donald Douglas Snr, when American Airlines President Cyrus Rowlett Smith, or “CR”, placed the commitment that launched the DC-3 in 1934 he was in “a cold sweat, because he just didn’t have the money to pay for them. ” As the DC-3 celebrates the 75th anniversary of its December 17 1935 first flight,

Surveillance & Response Group The RAAF’s Surveillance and Response Group (SRG) is, as its name suggests, the RAAF’s Force Element Group (FEG) not only responsible for the bulk of the ADF’s airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) work, but also land and air based battle space management, either at home in Australia and its immediate

New life for the C-5 The USAF’s program to significantly upgrade its Lockheed C-5 Galaxy fleet is well advanced with the commencement of full rate production and delivery of the first production example. The program is being completed in two phases and will see C-5A, B and C models receive modern cockpits, new engines and

Combating loss of control in flight The loss of a commercial airliner is a devastating event that the world still struggles to come to terms with. While statistics tell us that such an accident is a rare occurrence in modern aviation, the sight of a charred fuselage is no less distressing. One of the major