Marc Joel Atrero

At sea with the US Navy’s ‘911’ air wing The US Navy’s sole forward deployed carrier air wing, CVW-5 takes pride in being at the ‘tip of the sword’. A regular visitor to Australia and dubbed ‘the Nation’s only 911 Air Wing’, its squadrons have to be ready to conduct operations anywhere within the Seventh

Aerial ag – farming from the air The stereotype persists that aerial agriculture seems to be about low level, maverick flying in biplanes with a leather cap and goggles. This image could not be further from the truth for the industry in Australia. The biplanes, cap and goggles have long been dispensed with, and Australian

Exploring the Yogyakarta tragedy The crash of a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 on March 7 last year at Yogyakarta was deeply concerning. Among the 21 occupants killed and the 12 seriously injured were eight Australians, journalists and ministerial staffers travelling to Yogyakarta from Jakarta to cover a visit by the then Australian foreign minister, Alexander

The Learjet 60XR Predictive texting can be annoying, but it can also be amusingly perceptive. Try to text ‘Lear’ and you’ll get ‘Leap’. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed

“Never, in recent history has an industry been so maligned and the public so misled by so much falsehood and distortion that it almost beggars belief. ” So say the authors of a new book on aviation’s effect on the environment, which reveals disturbing omissions and errors in many highly respected environmental reports. Plane Simple

Army Tiger program overcomes hurdles Once hailed as a “model program” and the “lead project in the overall reform of acquisition processes”, the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance helicopter program for the Australian Army, has been becalmed in recent years by a mix of certification, contractual and serviceability issues which have now left it running about two