Marc Joel Atrero

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

Aviation careers in a time of stress The aviation industry has been grappling with a serious skills shortage as the major airlines rolled out aggressive growth plans which would require a number of new staff who currently aren’t in the pipeline. But with the recent soaring price of oil which has forced airlines such as

Images from Exercise Pitch Black 2008. The exercise ran from June 6-27 involving an array of military aircraft operating from RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal in the Northern Territory. ABOVE: A RAAF F-111C from 1SQN prepares for departure while a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16D taxis out in the Darwin dusk. This content

When angels have wings With Australia’s vast expanses and relatively small population, people living in regional Australia are faced with logistical challenges when it comes to accessing services, particularly when it comes to accessing and using specialised health services. Enter Angel Flight. Before Angel Flight was a reality, accessing medical services that only our major

The Umpire Strikes Back! The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has upheld an appeal by Boeing against the US Air Force’s decision to award the KC-45A (formerly KC-X) contract to a Northrop Grumman led consortium, in yet another extraordinary twist in the saga to supply the USAF with a new fleet of aerial refuelling tankers.