Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorAir Support
July 17, 2009 0 commentFlying with the LA Police Department’s air wing Flexing the long arm of the law in the skies over the City of Los Angeles, California, the home to four million law abiding citizens, ‘suspects’ and movie stars, the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Air Support Division (ASD) is charged with patrolling 21 divisions of LA
Read moreChoosing my religion!
July 16, 2009 0 commentBecoming a convert to the Christen Eagle Compare propeller diameter to wingspan, and you know you’re in for some excitement! So you fancy owning a Pitts, Stearman or Tiger Moth, but can’t truly afford one – or maybe you suspect they’d be too hard to handle? Try a Christen Eagle. It’s cheaper and more practical,
Read moreFighting back
July 15, 2009 0 commentUnited stakes its Australian territory United Airlines recently introduced a raft of cabin product updates across its fleet as it strives to combat the threat of new competitors such as V Australia and Delta, and new products like Qantas’s A380 and enhanced versions of the super efficient 777 on its blue ribband Pacific routes. But
Read moreSink or swim
July 14, 2009 0 commentThe images of the US Airways Airbus A320 floating in the Hudson River (above) beamed across the globe showed that the seemingly impossible had been achieved. An airliner had ditched, it was intact, and its precious human cargo stood huddled on the wing. Amidst a flotilla of ferries, the Airbus bobbed gently in the freezing
Read moreDelta Air Lines
July 12, 2009 0 commentThe global carrier comes to Sydney Following its groundbreaking merger with Northwest Airlines last year, Delta Air Lines will become a truly global carrier with the start of its daily services to Sydney from July 1. As Brian Swain, Delta’s managing director, Asia explains, the Sydney services are a logical expansion for the airline, particularly
Read moreVigilant air
July 11, 2009 0 commentRAAF command & control system comes out of the dark After holding a prominent place on former Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon’s list of ‘projects of concerns’, the Project Air 5333 Vigilare program to develop a new integrated air defence command and control (C2) system for the RAAF appears ready to finally emerge from purgatory and
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