Marc Joel Atrero

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

Sikorsky S-76d Flies the Latest Variant in Sikorsky’s S-76 Family, the S-76d, Completed Its First Flight on February 7 From Sikorsky’s Florida Facility. Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Greg Barnes and Pilot Mike Hardy Manoeuvred the Prototype Through Taxi, Hover, Hover Turns and Forward Flight to 40kt in a Test Flight That Lasted Approximately 30 Minutes.

10 Years Ago • The first two-crew MD-10 freighter conversion of the DC‑10, N386FE, had its first flight from Long Beach, California, on April 10. After the four hour 25min test flight the aircraft landed at Williams Gateway Airport, Mesa, Arizona. Fedex has ordered 79 Boeing MD-10 conversions for DC-10s. • Airbus Industrie will continue

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A320 to Jetstar and a Q400 to Qantaslink. Qantas Utilised A380-842 Vh-oqc Paul Mcginness to Operate Its Inaugural A380 Service on the Kangaroo Route From Sydney to Singapore and London, Operating Qf31 on January 16. Earlier on January 14 Vh-oqc Was Substituted for

With the future of the USAF’s F-22 Raptor program soon to be decided upon as part of the Obama administration’s FY2010 defence budget, many political figures and pro-F-22 commentators and supporters have been ramping up their lobbying efforts in an attempt to influence the decision makers. The F-22 is undoubtedly the world’s best air-to-air combat