Marc Joel Atrero

The Australian Adats Project The RAAF has selected Raytheon to supply new Air Traffic Control (ATC) equipment for the Australian Defence Air Traffic System (ADATS) project. The contract, which is worth $150 million, involves the provision of seven solid state primary radars and seven monopulse secondary radars, eight radar and flight data processing automation systems

Board of Inquiry Analysing Black Hawk Crash The Army has established a Military Board of Inquiry into the Townsville Army Black Hawk midair collision on June 12 in which 18 aircrew and SAS soldiers were killed and another 10 were injured. The two helicopters which collided were the lead aircraft in a flight of six

Kiwi v Freedom Air Battle Continues For a year now one of the fiercest and most competitive airline battles has been raging in the skies between Australia and New Zealand. This is the war between the two new entrants in the trans-Tasman market: Kiwi International Airlines and Freedom Air International. Kiwi was the first new

Regional Airline News Aeropelican has changed its IATA code from PO to AN thus better reflecting its association with parent company Ansett Australia. Augusta Airways changed its IATA code from BH to HB in June. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this

Classic Aviation Closes Shock news to the warbird movement was the late May closure of the Bankstown airport based firm of Classic Aviation. Classic Aviation, situated near the control tower on Tower Road, was one of the first in Australia to specialise in warbird rebuilds and maintenance. It carried out work on a number of

Coroner’s Report On Monarch Crash: Damning Indictment Of All Concerned The Coroner’s report into the Monarch Airlines disaster three years ago has found that the loss of seven lives in the crash of the Piper Navajo would not have occurred if certain autopilot components had not been removed from the aircraft. The Coroner, Mr Peter