Marc Joel Atrero

Kiwi Airlines Boeing 757 Enters Service Kiwi Travel International Airlines took delivery of Boeing 757-2Y0 G-OOOU at its Hamilton base on November 21 after the aircraft ferried in from Manchester via Calgary and Honolulu. The Boeing 757 has been wet leased from Air 2000 in the UK and is fitted in a 233 economy class

Another Strikemaster Back in the Air British made jet warbirds seem to be the flavour of the month in Australia of late with the news that former Royal New Zealand Air Force BAC 167 Mk.88 Strikemaster, VH-LLD, ex RNZAF NZ6372, took to the air at Bendigo, Victoria, on Saturday September 5 following overhaul work by

1996 Australian Aviation Flying Training Directory The Australian flying training industry went through a boom in the 1980s, with total fly ing training hours in ing training hours in n 1983 to 480,000 in 1990 This 4% average decline in flying training activity was not uniform across the states. The worst performer was South Australia,

Jon Hutchison In the first of a regular series of interviews with Aviation industry leaders, Australian Aviation’s Julian Green speaks with Jon Hutchison, Managing Director of the Australian Tourism Commission. No stranger to aviation issues, having spent three years as General Manager and Director of Ansett Express, Jon Hutchison is now managing a $100 million

10 Years Ago The first Lockheed C-5B Galaxy was delivered to the USAF’s 443rd MAW at Altus AFB, Oklahoma on January 8 following the completion of a 66 hour flight demonstration programme in 15 flights. During the pre-delivery testing, the aircraft reached a 37,000ft (11,278m) altitude, a speed of 395kt (732km/h) attained, and takeoff weight

An Idea Which Has Surfaced in Recent Times Is That Of Replacing the ADF’s strategic deterrent, the F-111, with BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missiles (TLAM-C) fired from Collins class submarines. The first time this proposal surfaced was during the last Federal election, when the Opposition briefly floated the idea. More recently, a noted Australian