Marc Joel Atrero

The simulated crash of Dangle Airways Flight 110 Sydney Airport staged a major emergency training exercise to test and evaluate its command, control, communication and coordination systems during a multiagency response to an aircraft emergency on November 18. More than 800 people took part in Exercise Graphite, the largest full-scale exercise to be conducted at

China reveals the J-10 fighter Advances in the development of indigenous Chinese combat aircraft were shown to good effect at the Zhuhai Airshow in November with the public unveiling of the Chengdu Jian-10 (J-10) multi-role fighter. Despite having already been ‘outed’ with numerous images and descriptions appearing on Chinese and English speaking websites in recent

Flying a flexible friend This is just what flying should be about: drifting low over the treetops and scattering the roosting crows on downwind, diving in a gentle curve on to base leg, floating down final approach at a so slow but extremely safe 45 knots and sideslipping past that photographer on the runways’ edge

E-Jets allow Airnorth to eye new opportunities The Northern Territory’s main regional airline, Airnorth, is harbouring ambitious expansion plans, as it invests heavily on its move into jet services. Its alliance with Qantas – which continues despite Jetstar pinching Airnorth’s Darwin- Denpasar route – is likely to be a springboard for new services after its

End finally in sight for the long-serving Caribou In our December 2008 issue interview with Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Mark Binskin, he confirmed that the RAAF has proposed to government that the retirement of the service’s 13 remaining DHC-4 Caribous be brought forward by two or three years to late 2009. Apart from

New life for the Beechjet Local Hawker Beechcraft distributor, Hawker Pacific recently brought a Hawker 400XP to Australia for a demonstration tour and also used the opportunity to drum up future business for its dramatically enhanced Hawker 450XP which it launched at the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) 2008 convention in Florida in October. Based