Marc Joel Atrero

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ABT Pitts S‑1S Special 183H 5/1/09 Benjamin Brazier, PO Box 209 Nebo Qld 4742 AEA Gippsland GA8 Airvan GA8‑08‑136 9/1/09 Gippsland Aeronautics, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 AJI Kavanagh E‑120 KB390 12/1/09 Kavanagh Balloons, PO Box 53 Mount Kuring‑Gai 2080 ALV Revolution Mini 500 0383 23/1/09 Gary

Significant increases in the number of aircraft on contract to fight fires is an essential first step in the wake of the Victorian fires, but aircraft alone will still not be enough to meet the challenges of Australian summers and vegetation. After the Canberra bushfires in 2003, a number of Federal, Territory and Coroners’ inquires

Mackay International No sooner had the ink dried on the sale contract than the Mackay Mercury ran the perennial international airport push article. Yet just six jet minutes north the fate of the (still) non existent Laguna Quays International and further north Proserpine, which fears being dumped, remain in limbo, as does a greenfield international

The latest figures obtained from CASA show a continued decline in the number of aeroplane flying instructors. Those figures indeed indicate that instructors are thin on the ground. The figures show that as at the middle of 2008 there had been an effective drop of 29% in the number of fixed wing or aeroplane flying

You are no doubt aware that regional aviation businesses are hurting badly. It is understood that it is not your job to run these businesses nor do you have control over the market. It is your job to design policies that will encourage the market to work efficiently and to ensure that laws, regulations and

…USAAF 317th Troop Carrier Group ‘Jungle Skippers’ 39th Squadron in New Guinea from 1944, postwar joining the civil register in Australia, initially as VH-DMV but soon becoming VH-CAO with the Department of Civil Aviation. Its final mark was VH-BAB which it wore until 1978 when it was removed from service. (Craig Murray) Dc -3 Makes