Marc Joel Atrero

A Total Fix to Sydney’s Aviation Problems To virtually everybody in the aviation industry the present ‘problems’ at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport border on the absurd. With a fair dose of lateral thinking we offer this lighthearted overview of what a skilled outsider might well make of the situation. John Laurie reports on what could

The Royal Australian Air Force Celebrates 75 Years of Proud Service The Royal Australian Air Force is 75 years old this month, one of the oldest independent air arms in the world. To help mark this important occasion, Stewart Wilson presents a potted history of the RAAF: its origins, its battles, its political background and

Williamtown Raaf Base I’ve just spent some very enjoyable time watching and monitoring military movements at the Williamtown RAAF Base, north of Newcastle. You don’t go visiting RAAF bases on weekends, because.. yes … you guessed it, with penalty payments likely to absorb too much of the Defence Budget, they prefer the military fliers and

Well, we’ve done the Pilgrimage, I’ve been to Oshkosh! Before going on, I should perhaps make it clear that although I regularly write for Australian Aviation, which is a co-sponsor together with Torii Tours of the annual Oshkosh/US Aviation Museum tour, I paid my own way. The reason I opted for the Torii Tours package

Sydney Television Evening News on January 8 Showeda Remarkable Aircraft Doing Remarkable Things Sydney television evening news on January 8 showed a remarkable aircraft doing remarkable things. With vortices curling from the wingtips, it skimmed across Rose Bay on Sydney Harbour, before climbing to release a deluge of white water. On one pass, to demonstrate

Casa Firm On Mandatory Requirement For Automatically Activated Elts Following the embarrassing exposure of suspect statistics relating to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority requirement for C91a ELTs, at a hearing of the Morris Aviation Safety Inquiry late last year (refer p23 Dec 95 AA), the Director of CASA, Leroy Keith announced that a full review