Marc Joel Atrero

Flying 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

Geoff Dixon reflects on his time as Qantas CEO “It’s as tough as I’ve ever seen it,” Geoff Dixon observed of current airline market conditions. But now, for the first time in eight years, the 68 year old is not at the head of Qantas to lead the airline through yet more turbulent times. “I

Commercial 787 First Delivery Delayed to 2010 Boeing Has Announced a Further Six Month Delay to the 787 Program Which Now Sees the Aircraft’s First Flight Delayed Until the Second Half of 2009 and First Deliveries to Take Place in the First Quarter of 2010 – About Two Years Late. Boeing Attributed the Latest Delay

For an industry constantly buffeted by change, from that perspective the aviation Green Paper can be welcomed as it proposes little in the way of wide sweeping reform. The Green Paper – detailed from page 22 – sets out the government’s planned initiatives for its forthcoming National Aviation Policy, now due for release in the

The push by the federal government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to allow foreign airlines to fly domestic routes is both seriously flawed on safety grounds and ill thought out, and would bring nothing but grief for the industry and the country. The simple fact is that virtually any foreign airline can already

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AAJ Bell 206B‑2 JetRanger II 48 29/9/08 Jeff McTaggart, PO Box 1174 Surfers Paradise Qld 4217 VH‑BRQ PK‑OBI P2‑AJJ VH‑AJJ RP‑C842 PI‑C842 PI‑C1890 AGL Eurocopter AS 350B2 Squirrel 4146 15/9/08 Touchdown Helicopters, PO Box 386 Wollongong NSW 2520 C‑GTSZ ATB Robinson R44 Raven II 12332 16/9/08 Helicopter Flight