Marc Joel Atrero

Around the World Record Attempt Texan Ron Bower is aiming to break his own record by setting a new around the world helicopter speed record flying a Bell 430. Ron set his first around the world record flying a JetRanger in mid 1994. His route on that trip was: east coast USA, Canada, Greenland, Iceland,

New Trans Tasman Operator In a time of increasing traffic across the Tasman and decreasing fares due to the increased competition, another player has entered the market. This time the carrier is based in Invercargill and is a joint project between Harvey World Travel Australia, Souwest Marketing of Invercargill and the New Zealand Tourism Board.

Navaid Termination Rod Pascoe surveys the latest in the world of ATC, Radar and Airways Management At the end of 1996, the US Transportation and Defense Departments will jointly publish the Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP), setting out how they intend to provide future air, land and marine navigation services. This content is available exclusively to

First Hawker Hunter Registered The first of the Hawker Hunters in Australia has been registered. The aircraft, a model FR.74S, was registered as VH-FGA on May 28 to co-importer, Geoffrey Moesker of Brisbane. The machine was previously with the Republic of Singapore Air Force as s/n 503. It is a single seat aircraft. The machine

Regional Airline News Airlines of Tasmania EMB-110P1 Bandeirante VH-WPI which was parked at Bankstown (Traffic/July) has been sold to Vanair of Vanimo, PNG as P2-VAD. Executive Air Charter is reported to have ceased operations on June 30. EMB-110P1 VH-BWC which Executive had leased from Port Douglas Air was noted back in Cairns on July 5

Further Enhancement of RAAF F/A-18 Hornets Planned A further enhancement of the operational effectiveness of the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18 Hornet fighters is planned to begin by mid-1997. With Phase 1 of Project AIR 5376 (the Hornet Fighter Upgrade — HUG) approved last year, the stage appears set in the 1996-97 Budget, at the