Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorTraffic
January 19, 2009 0 commentQantas Group Fleet Update in This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A320 to Jetstar and the Departure of a Qantas 747-338. A380-842 Vh-oqb Hudson Fysh and A380-842 Vh-oqc Paul Mcginness Were Registered to Qantas on November 27 With Both Planned for Delivery in Late December. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation
Read moreWarbirds
January 18, 2009 0 commentCatalina on a Wing and a Prayer. Can You Help? As a Lot of Warbirds Readers Will Be Aware the Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd. Catalina is on Its Way to Australia. The Aircraft Had to Leave Portugal in Order to Not Becoming Stranded by the Northern Winter Weather. As This Column Went to Be Press
Read moreJournalist of the Year 2008
January 17, 2009 0 commentPresented by the National Aviation Press Club and Australian Aviation The 2008 National Aviation Press Club’s Aviation Journalist of the Year awards – the aviation world’s richest awards program – held at the Power House Museum in Sydney on November 27, was a spectacular success with record number of entries with a host of winners
Read moreDynamic decisions
January 16, 2009 0 commentThreat & error (mis)management? Few professional pilots these days wouldn’t have been trained in “Threat and Error Management” which in its basic operational form consists of:- 1. Identifying Threats to your operation, This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.
Read moreThe day the wheels stopped turning
January 15, 2009 0 commentHow often do those of us who have spent thousands of hours in the air become involved in discussions about just which aircraft was a particular favourite? I have my couple of favourites, namely the Lockheed Electra and the Douglas DC-9, which in some ways makes me the odd man out as the Boeing 727
Read moreMuscle biplane
January 14, 2009 0 commentFlying Pip Borrman’s Pitts Samson replica It has a presence standing proudly on the tarmac with the general public staring in awe at it sheer size and spectacular lines. It reeks of the bygone Barnstorming days. It has that air of nostalgia about its very presence BUT beyond the facade it is a Muscle Bi-plane
Read more