Marc Joel Atrero

The closing of 85 Queensland councils through forced amalgamation might variously affect 10 aerodromes along the booming coast, but perhaps not so much in the more sparsely populated inland where it was feared. Redcliffe council aerodrome, just 9nm northwest of Brisbane’s 19R threshold is now landlocked and partly surrounded by houses, causing onerous flight restrictions.

Meeting With Mark Vaile On August 8 I met with the Minister for Transport and Regional Services and Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, in Canberra. Before the meeting I had a chance to catch up with our HAA representative in Canberra and we conferred over some of the issues in the discussion paper I had

To obtain that prized first flying job and to build up valuable flying hours, a lot of new pilots look at outback Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The question that is seldom asked by the pilots, but sometimes by operators is, ‘are you suited to go bush?’ Recently a pilot showed me a

10 Years Ago • The Czech air force said on October 1 that it will retire its remaining MiG-23 Floggers following the decision to purchase a further 12 Aero L-39ZA Albatros jet trainers. The MiG-23 retirement was prompted by a decline in remaining airframe hours. • The Swedish air force’s first Saab JAS 39 Gripen

The Iroquois crews were undertaking ‘hot and high’ training before their rotation deployment to East Timor as part of the joint Australian and New Zealand helicopter task force assisting with that country’s security. (Andy McWatters) Delays for Army Arh Tiger Crews Nine Army Aircrew Have Received Basic Training on the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (Arh),

Airline News in This Issue We Can Report the Delivery of Two 737-800s to Virgin Blue, a 737-300f for Airwork (Nz), a Fokker 100 and Fokker 50 to Alliance, and a Dash 8-300 to Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson, Plus the Departures of an Ansett Bae 146-300 and a Air New Zealand Link/air Nelson Saab