Marc Joel Atrero

Airborne training for the Navy The task of providing airborne training support to the Royal Australian Navy’s frigates is a complex and multi faceted one. In order to accomplish these ongoing and demanding tasks, the ADF relies on a range of specialist civilian operators and aircraft to provide electronic warfare (EW), target towing, range clearance,

Neat, light & dainty Jodels are neat, light, dainty and highly efficient, French designed, wood-and-fabric tailwheel aeroplanes. Mostly they use trusty four-cylinder Continental A65, A75, C-85, C-90 or O-200 engines, although some later, lighter versions have Volkswagens or Jabirus. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

The race to build a super-jumbo In 1989, Boeing was supreme and the 747 was still “Queen. ” The 747-400 entered service with Northwest in January 1989 and the father of the 747, Joe Sutter, told this writer at the time that a 747-500 stretch was a “natural. ” Airbus and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) had

Power to the people mover Choosing an aircraft engine is always a complex process for airlines, but choosing an engine for an aircraft which pushes the boundaries of powered flight is even more complex. That was the situation facing Qantas in 2001 following its November 2000 order for 12 Airbus A3XXs, as the A380 was

The A380’s wingtips & fences Every time an A380 is delivered to an airline from Airbus’s Hamburg or Toulouse delivery centres, it carries a little piece of Australia on the end of each wing. All of the aircraft’s wingtips and wing fences are manufactured at Boeing’s Hawker de Havilland (HdH) facility at Bankstown Airport in

A Boeing pilot flies the Qantas A380 simulator Long before the first Qantas A380 touched down on Australian soil, its crews were well versed in the ways of the massive Airbus flagship. A pivotal reason for this state of readiness was their training in the state-of-the-art CAE full motion simulator. Volunteering to climb aboard a