Marc Joel Atrero

10 Years Ago • Boeing announced FAA certification of the 777-200ER variant powered by the new 94,000lb (418kN) General Electric GE90-94B engine on November 14. The first example was delivered to Air France the following day. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

Tecnam’s P2006T light twin Aviation has always been about innovation – taking that next step in the pursuit of efficiency. In the light twin world, a new contender has emerged, the Tecnam P2006T, and it is full of surprises. THE NEXT STEP The growth of the Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) category typifies the new direction

Warfare without using weapons With the introduction of a new generation network centric capabilities and other advances in communications and situational awareness, the ADF has begun to ramp up its capabilities that cause non-kinetic effects. Previously not considered a high priority in defence planning by the ADF, there has been a marked shift in momentum

Looking closer at Qantas’s fleet The aircraft operated by Qantas have played a major role in that history, seeing it grow from a small regional operation to one of the world’s biggest and most respected carriers. Qantas has always been seen as an influential buyer of aircraft, and has often played a part in the

Qantas’s pioneering Queenstown operations In its 90 years of aviation, QANTAS has been at the forefront of numerous technological advances. From the dawn of the jet age and the Boeing 707 to the certification of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) was in 1995. Today the airline is once again at the cutting edge with

Qantas’s future flightpath At the press conference in July 2009 to announce his appointment Qantas CEO Alan Joyce’s joked to the media that hopefully the only difference the staff and travelling public would notice between him and Geoff Dixon was his Irish accent. The statement was more to appease the shareholders and financial analysts that