Marc Joel Atrero

10 Years Ago Boeing and General Electric issued a joint communique on February 29 announcing the launch of two new 777 versions, the 777-200X and 777-300X ultra long-range versions to be exclusively powered by GE90-115B turbofans. Boeing chairman Phil Condit put the developments cost of the two aircraft at US$1 billion. They are viewed as

Caribous For Point Cook And Awm Two Caribou’s have been allocated to museums, A4-152 to the RAAF Museum at Point Cook and A4-140 to the Australian War Memorial. Caribou A4-140 made its last flight, from RAAF at Richmond to Point Cook on Thursday November 26. The machine touched down at exactly 1 pm to the

…Regiment in Darwin, were in the nation’s capital to support Royal Military College Duntroon training. Pictured are four Kiowas arriving at Fairbairn Defence Establishment, Canberra Airport, to refuel prior to departing for the Army Aviation Training Centre at Oakey on November 21. (Paul Sadler) 173 Aviation Squadron Re-roles, Takes on Kiowas the Army’s 173 Surveillance

Qantas Group News This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A330-200 to Qantas and the Withdrawal of a 747-400 and a 767-300. Qantas Also Transferred an A330-200 to Jetstar, While Jetconnect Withdrew Its Last 737-300 From Service. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Presented by the National Aviation Press Club and Australian Aviation The 2009 National Aviation Press Club’s Aviation Journalist of the Year awards – the aviation media world’s richest awards program – were held on Friday December 4, marking this impressive event’s 10th anniversary. The 110 guests at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum were entertained by NAPC president

A comment by the ADF’s Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) Air Component Commander, GPCAPT Gary Martin neatly summed the RAAF’s airlift balance issue for this writer in one line when we talked by phone recently. “Not long ago we were a C-130 sized air force,” he said while discussing the RAAF’s introduction of the