Marc Joel Atrero

The Rand KR-2 The KR-2 homebuilt was the more common, two seat development of Ken Rand’s nineteen seventies, high efficiency, little single seat KR-1 sports plane – an early foray into foam and glassfibre constructed aeroplanes that preceded even the nowadays more common Vari-Eze. Ken Rand was a professional flight test engineer with the Douglas

Bell’s new entry to the light twin market Bell’s most important civil helicopter in a generation, the all new 429 light twin, is about to enter service. Certification and service entry for the 429, now due in May, will be hugely significant events for a manufacturer that has ceded marketshare to an all-conquering Eurocopter and

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ATR’s 600 series While there has been a distinct lack of all-new regional turboprop designs over the last 20 years, ATR has proven that continually updating key elements around a solid fuselage designs can continue to meet the needs of regional carriers around the world. Since the original ATR 42 took to the air in

Matt Hall takes on the air racing world That was the email that I received from Matt Hall a couple of weeks after the 2008 Perth round of the Red Bull Air Race when he was confirmed as a pilot in the 2009 Red Bull Air Race series. The hard work then started it getting

JSF’s F135 moves from development to production Pratt & Whitney’s F135 program is moving ahead, with emphasis moving from development to production, and technical issues over come. The F135 is the lead engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF, and the like the fighter itself is a designed to meet an ambitious combination of performance,