Marc Joel Atrero

Ten years of Virgin Blue August 31 is a major milestone for Virgin Blue, with the airline celebrating its 10th anniversary – a feat that at some stages appeared unlikely. For an airline which famously started off as a concept nutted out on beer coasters in a London pub during the 1993 Ashes Test series

10 Years Ago • In the first international acquisition of the type, the UK Ministry of Defence announced on September 4 that a lease had been signed for four Boeing C‑17A Globemaster III transports. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article,

‘The systems are what you need to know about in a new aircraft’. Those are the words given to me by a more experienced instructor when he was checking me out on a new aircraft type. ‘Yes, you must know the speeds but you must know the systems better’. And he is not wrong. Any

MRH 90 returnS to flight The ADF’s fleet of MRH 90 helicopters was cleared to return to flight in late July after an April engine failure near RAAF Edinburgh in South Australia resulted in a three month grounding. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Report the Delivery of Two A320s to Jetstar and the Departure of a Jetstar A320. 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 me signed in

Later this year the RAAF will retire its fleet of F-111 bombers after 37 years service. The aircraft have become difficult to keep airworthy, and their extreme maintenance costs have made them economically unsustainable. Nor do they have the operational edge they once enjoyed. No professional airman could support their retention. Yet the decision to