Marc Joel Atrero

This is the twelfth annual review of helicopter operations in Australia and is presented in two sections, the first consisting of the numerous helicopter operators under headings generalising their primary fields of operation. The second section has a brief description of each of the helicopter types operated in Australia and the VH registrations of those

Air Pacific In July this year Air Pacific announced its latest annual results, a doubling of profit from the previous financial year. Such an excellent result too is not so unusual at Air Pacific in recent times — the Fijian carrier has now enjoyed nine consecutive years of profitable operations. And this during one of

76N6 Clam Shell Radar Revealed The Moscow based LEMZ (Lianozovo) company is now openly marketing the Clam Shell (76N6) low altitude search and acquisition radar for the SA-10A/B (S-300PMU) Grumble SAM system. Representatives of the company provided a technical briefing to Australian Aviation at this year’s Avalon Airshow in Melbourne. The SA-10 is at this

10 Years Ago The first flight of the Fairchild Republic T-46A took place at Edwards AFB on October 15, flown by the company’s test pilot, Jim Martinez. The 1 hour 12 min flight was uneventful and the T-46A reached speeds up to 175 kt and an altitude of 15,000 ft (4,570 m). The launch order

N4 – De Havilland Dh.112 Sea Venom Faw.53 As part of the RAN’s update to the next generation of carrierborne aircraft, on July 23 1951, the Minister for the Navy, Billy McMahon, announced an order for Sea Venoms to replace the Sea Fury. The new aircraft would become the Fleet Air Arm’s new air defence

Oshkosh ’95 Celebrates The End Of Ww2 Anniversary With Gusto For the warbird enthusiast the 1995 Oshkosh Convention had the biggest and best Warbirds gathering yet with some 150 aircraft in the air at one time In addition to the warbirds this year the aircraft and commercial displays had been expanded and clearly endorsed Oshkosh