Marc Joel Atrero

Qantas has not nominated which other routes it might look at in South Australia alongside Adelaide-Port Lincoln, but the scenario is interesting. There are only two real possibilities – Mt Gambier, and Olympic Dam, where Qantas presently codeshares on the Alliance Airlines’ F50 charters. Alliance wrested the route from 20 years of Kendell/Rex operation just

Big, sophisticated aerial application The days of aerial application aircraft being thought of as small, cheap and underpowered are long gone, and the debut of the latest Air Tractor firebomber – the AT1002 – is proof that big, sophisticated and aerial application go together very well. The AT1002 is the latest in the ongoing development

Instructors see many logbooks. Some new and others with many hours logged. Some are a pleasure to sight while others make one wish they should stay closed. Most instructors find that when it comes to upgrade time a check of the student’s logbook against the flight records will usually find a discrepancy in the hours.

10 Years Ago • On May 5 a new production Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack was to delivered to the Russian air force at Engels air base near Saratov. The aircraft was delivered from the Kazan Aviation plant where it was stored unfinished for several years until funding was received last year. • The maiden flight of

When we asked him about the possibility of any additional Super Hornets being acquired for the RAAF at last July’s rollout of the first RAAF jet in St Louis, Chief of Air Force AIRMSHL Mark Binskin responded with an emphatic “No!” At the time, CAF was adamant that 24 Super Hornets operating in conjunction with

Dc6b For Australian Joy Flight Visit The last DC6B built is to visit Australia next year to help celebrate Australia’s 100th anniversary of powered flight. The big Douglas airliner is to come to Australia from Africa where it is registered as V5-NCG in Namibia. Photos show the aircraft with a single isle and nicely decked