Marc Joel Atrero

Personal jet pioneer Thanks to the Recent Availability of Lightweight Turbofans From Williams and Pratt & Whitney Canada, the Ga Pilot’s Dream of a Single-engined Jet Powered Aircraft is Getting a Lot Closer to Reality. Now That a Light, Cheap, and Fuel Efficient Jet Engine Will Fit Into a Relatively Small Four-tofive Seater Airframe, Plus

The ADF aid response to Cyclone Guba The first major South Pacific cyclone of the 2007/08 season developed out of a tropical low in the northern Coral Sea on November 13, and went on to devastate parts of Papua New Guinea’s north-eastern coastal region around Oro Province. In the aftermath of the cyclone, ADF aircraft

…Airways aircraft when the latter company absorbed Airlines of Australia in July 1942. They were renamed Binana and Tokana respectively. Eighteen months later, with spares for their ageing 235hp (175kW) Lycoming radial engines impossible to obtain because of the USA’s entry into the war, both Stinsons were converted to a twin-engined configuration using 650hp (485kW)

The Staaken Flitzer is a remarkable aeroplane – the only biplane I know of that will not only fly, but actually flies really well, behind the puny power of a VW Beetle/Bug car engine. And its handling is delightful: light, nimble and responsive. The brainchild of British aviation artist and lifelong aeronautical enthusiast Lynn Williams,

Competitive challenges ahead for the airlines In January Australian Consul-General John Olsen told the rich and famous in New York that there is far more to Australia than “Crocodile Dundee and calling girls Sheila. ” At the glitzy function celebrating all things Australian, hosted by none other than Qantas Ambassador at large John Travolta, Olsen

Re-engineering the RAAF Deputy Chief of Air Force AVM John Blackburn In last August’s Defence Update column, we raised the prospect of the RAAF facing a critical shortage of the suitably qualified pilots and support personnel who will be required right around the time it is due to take delivery of billions of dollars worth