Marc Joel Atrero

Round Up Time With this issue a round up of a few items of operational information that will be of interest to not only instructors but also private and commercial pilots. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

…service to Sydney after reaching agreement with the Cobar Shire Council and local mining companies – an example of regional communities trying to re-establish their air services. (Paul Sadler) The change in the political landscape is a golden opportunity for regional communities and regional aviation to finally attract some heavyweight attention. This content is available

Fledglings take flight The RAAF’s fledgling Wedgetail AEW&C capability is taking a crawl-walk-run approach following the formal handover of the first two aircraft by Boeing on May 5. While a third aircraft has since joined the Williamtown based 2SQN, the first, A30-001, has been inducted into an R7 heavy maintenance period at Boeing Defence Australia’s

Australia’s current Defence White Paper identifies a requirement for some 100 advanced strike-fighters. Yet in a recently published article on national security threats and the structure of the Australian Defence Force (Security Challenges, Winter 2010), former Chief of Army Peter Leahy speculated that a fleet of “about 50” would be sufficient to meet future contingencies.

This writer’s recent visit to Eglin AFB in Florida to see the new F-35 Integrated Training Centre (ITC) there (see article from p44 this issue), really highlighted how important it will be for the ADF to get its future fixed wing pilot training projects right. The planned ‘paperless’ training system currently being finalised at the

New Warbirds Airborne Adelaide’s Dr James Edwards underwent type endorsement training on his recently acquired ex Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) SIAI Marchetti S-211 VH-BVK at Geraldton, WA, in late August. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.