Marc Joel Atrero

Raytheon Wins Crash Lawsuit Raytheon has achieved some good news for general aviation aircraft manufacturers following a California Supreme Court decision to uphold a lower court ruling which overturned a $US57m damages award based on the company and its insurer not acting in good faith by going to trial rather than settling an original lawsuit.

F-111 Parts Guaranteed The RAAF’s fleet of F-111 strike aircraft will not be left short of spare parts when Australia becomes the sole operator of the type in 1998. An agreement between the Australian Government and the USAF has been set up assuring easy access to F-111 spares and in the case of larger and

Rafale Delay Urged The French Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen Jean Rannou, has advocated abandoning the initial version of the Dassault Rafale fighter in favor of a more advanced variant to enter service a decade later than originally planned. With the French defence budget under extreme pressure at the moment, Gen Rannou has suggested

Md-95 Launched The McDonnell Douglas MD-95 100-seat twinjet airliner has finally been launched with an order from US low-cost operator ValuJet for 50 aircraft. The order also represents the first airline contract for the new BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 engine which has also been selected to power the Gulfstream V and Canadair Global Express long-range business

Ansett Goes Trans Tasman Ansett has trumped Qantas on its 75th Birthday with a trans Tasman deal that sees it flying 747s in its own right from Sydney to Auckland. The arrangement is being facilitated by Aerolineas Argentinas which feeds its twice weekly Auckland/Buenos Aires 747-200 service via chartered 747s from Qantas. This arrangement has

The Disappearing Airports As the year rolls to a close it sometimes brings to mind what the future might well hold for some aspects of aviation in Australia. In particular I have a bad feeling about some crucial aspects of General Aviation, a component of our aeronautical environment that seems to perennially be the subject