Marc Joel Atrero

The sales team have sold the aircraft, the media have written millions of words on Airbus’s travails in giving birth to the giant jet, analysts have mocked it, interior designers have laboured over it and finally airline CEOs have clinked glasses and gushed over their “brilliant” decision to buy it. But now the real judges

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ACT Bell 206B‑3 JetRanger III 4556 5/9/08 Touchdown Helicopters, PO Box 386 Wollongong NSW 2520 VH‑AGL N209AC C‑FOFG AEZ Kavanagh E‑240 KB388 20/8/08 Gravity Wins, PO Box 586 Northam WA 6401 ANI Air Tractor AT‑502B 502B‑0319 19/8/08 Aircair Aviation Operations, PO Box 773 Moree NSW 2400 N6143P AWU

How do you get a buzz when you go to an airport? Go to a fly-in where everyone is having a fun time and the universal word is aviation. That was the case for me over the weekend of September 19/20 at Cowra, NSW, where the Sport Aircraft Association of Australia held its annual convention.

Wa & Qld Inc the Election of a Coalition Government State Government in Wa That Does Not Depend on Green Votes is Tipped to Open the Doors to Much Greater Minerals Exploitation. It Might Be No Accident That Two Queensland Interlopers, Alliance, a Past Master at Fly-in/fly-out (Fifo) Work, and Virgin Blue With Its New

The highly variable quality of planning and land-use zoning in Australia is setting up conflict that could otherwise be avoided for the benefit of all concerned. It doesn’t seem to matter whether your interest is aviation or agriculture – the parallels between the two sectors are striking and are compounded by a lack of state/national

The 9th RAAA Convention at Coolum, Queensland, was a stimulating mix of new ideas, fun, fellowship and a little controversy. Exhibitor numbers were up, delegate numbers steady at nearly 300 and operator numbers down slightly. With operators being hurt by record fuel prices it was predictable and understandable that some decided to stay at home