Marc Joel Atrero

Reflection – it’s often something we only do at the start of each new year, and then only too briefly. In the cut and thrust of the day-to-day struggle to get to where we need to be, to reach our goals and to keep everyone happy, we can sometimes lose perspective on the good things

…nose enables readings in clear air unaffected by the helicopter’s rotor wash. Results from the trials will be input into software installed in production Tigers. (Eurocopter & Richard Siudak) Fire King in Wa for Bush Fire Season Helicopters Australia Has Brought an S-61 ‘fire King’ to Perth to Trial the Helicopter’s Water Bombing Capabilities During

The review currently underway into the RAAF’s air combat capability by new Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon was more or less expected given Labor’s criticisms of the 2002 JSF and 2006 Super Hornet selection processes. Interestingly, the review’s timing does precede by some six to eight months the release of a new Defence White Paper due

Qantas Group News Qantas Took Delivery of A330-203 Vh-ebg Barossa Valley at Melbourne on December 16 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Toulouse via Singapore as Flight Qf6008. Vh-ebg is the First of Six A330-203s to Join the Qantas Fleet Between December ’07 and December ’08, and Was the 5000th Airbus Aircraft Built. It Entered

Col Pay the December 7 Death of Col Pay While Testing a Modified Air Tractor 802 With Water Scoops Has Rocked the Warbirding Fraternity. The Accident Saw the Passing of One of Australia’s Greatest Warbird Enthusiasts. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of

RAAF in the year of 2018 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