Marc Joel Atrero

Boeing 727 Part I Of all the jetliners in Australian domestic service, the Boeing 727 reigns as the king. In service for more than a third of a century, the type has created a record for longevity in frontline airline service in this country, surpassing all its contemporaries. The completion of 727 production in 1984

Warbirds Over Wanaka 1996 The 1996 Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow once again showed that the Kiwis can turn on one of the best flying events in the Southern Hemisphere. It is not the quantity but the quality of the aircraft types displayed coupled with the country itself and the people that make WoW the premier

Aviation Industry Rejects Airservices’ Budget The recent walkout by the aviation industry representatives marked a new low in the industry’s working relationship with a government regulatory body. At the consultative meeting of April 11, the Australian Aviation Industry Association (AAIA) totally rejected the increased charges proposed by AirServices Australia (ASA), arguing that “no increase in

Australia’s Kerkanya-Based Agile Gliding Weapon Shrouded in secrecy for many years, Australia’s indigenous glide bomb has finally been revealed to the public in some detail. Australian Aviation had the pleasure of being briefed on the project by the then AWA Defence Industries AeroSystems Division, who at this time are seeking to commercialise the design. (AWADI

Cathay Ownership Reshuffle as Swire Relinquishes Control The shareholding of Cathay Pacific Airways and its associate Dragonair are to be reorganised ahead of the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong next year. The major points of the new arrangement are current Cathay majority shareholder Swire Pacific relinquishing control of the airline and China – through the

People Airbus Industrie’s expanded Sydney sales office for Australasia, PNG and the South Pacific is headed up by Philip Pearce, with Peter Bennett who has returned to Airbus’ Australian office after a stint in Toulouse. Former aviation writer for The Australian Chris Falvey has been appointed the chief aviation policy advisor to transport minister John