Marc Joel Atrero

Boeing updates the F-15 Boeing revealed in late March that it is developing a new variant of the venerable F-15 which it hopes will take on the fifth generation F-35 and a number of 4.5 generation fighters currently on the market. The new model, internally dubbed F-15SE ‘Silent Eagle’, will features a number of design

The future of the Douglas DC-3 which operated Trans Australia Airlines’ first flight more than 50 years ago has been firmed up after Qantas announced a new partnership which will support the preservation and operation of the aircraft. Announced on March 13 at the Australian International Airshow, the DC-3, which is registered VH-SBA and known

On the 25th February Peter ‘Pip’ Borrman died as a result of a mechanical failure while practicing in his Pitts Samson for the Australian International Airshow. It would be fair to say that in life many of us have role models or heroes who we admire, look up too or even aspire to emulate their

The low cost battle for dominance of the Australian and Asian markets between Tiger Airways and Jetstar intensified with two key moves announced in early April. Firstly, Qantas announced on April 2 that it was taking greater control of Singapore based Jetstar Asia in partnership with Singaporean company Westbrook Investments, with the two companies taking

Despite Northrop Grumman doubling its efforts in recent months to state its case for the RQ-4N Global Hawk as a contender to partially replace the RAAF’s AP-3C Orions with a long endurance UAV from late next decade under Project Air 7000 Phase 1B, the Commonwealth has decided to not participate in the US Navy’s Broad

New Qantas CEO Alan Joyce on leading in tough times Alan Joyce is wearing ties again, now he is running Qantas. “I had to dust them off,” joked Joyce of his need to wear ties again since his promotion from CEO of Jetstar to CEO of Qantas. “Lucky I didn’t give them to St Vincents