Marc Joel Atrero

A New Face as the Incoming Ceo of the Raaa I Would Like to Thank My Predecessor, Terry Wesley-smith, for His Sterling Service and Sound Advice to the Regional Aviation Industry Over Many Years. Terry Was a Clear National Voice for the Raaa and Worked Very Hard on Behalf of All Members. While Terry Has

Mrh 90 Arrives by Raaf C-17 the Third of 46 Mrh 90s on Order for the Adf Was Delivered to Australia Aboard an Raaf C-17 Globemaster, Arriving Into Brisbane Airport on June 22. The Delivery Flight for A40-004 (Pictured Above) Was the First Time an Nh90 or Derivative of Had Been Carried in a C-17.

The restored Me 109 G-10 and the Me 262 replica are owned by the Messerschmitt Foundation based in Manching in Germany, and flew together at the ILA Airshow in Berlin in late May. Unfortunately the 109’s right landing gear leg gave way on landing, causing the WW2 fighter to ground loop. Pilot Walter Eichhorn climbed

Turboprop Departures Julydecember 2007 From July to December 2007 10 Propjet Aircraft Departed Our Region, Which, Combined With the Eight That Departed in January-june ’07, Saw a Total of 18 Departures for the Year. In Comparison We Saw the Departure of 25 Propjets in 2005 and 17 in 2006. The 10 Departures Comprised One Atr

10 Years Ago • British Airways has placed the largest contract received by Airbus outside the US with an order on August 25 for 59 plus 129 options for IAE V2500 powered A319/ A320/A321s. • Steve Fossett landed his hot air balloon Solo Spirit 3 in the Chesterfield Reef in the Coral Sea on August

Cessna’s 1966 150F Everybody knows the Cessna 152 – you probably trained on one. But did you know the 152 was just the last in a 60 year line of two-seat Cessnas? Most of these were actually 150s. Not all those 150s were trainers either – many were sold as personal aeroplanes. Even today, an