Marc Joel Atrero

N3 – Fairey Gannet To modernise the Fleet Air Arm, and keep pace with interoperability with the Royal Navy, the RAN was given Government approval to proceed to the next generation of carrierborne aircraft in the early 1950s. This decision coincided with the completion of Australia’s new carrier, HMAS Melbourne, and involved replacing the Sea

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Who’s Minding the Ga Store It is a well documented, but often ignored, fact that for the past decade General Aviation has been struggling to survive. Even the recent improvements in the general economy have largely bypassed General Aviation, particularly private GA. Statistics recently published by the Department of Transport show that in 1993/94, the

IAI 1125 Astra SP I never thought I would fly a high tailed, rear engined jet whose thin, swept wing demonstrated perfect stalling behaviour. Yet the aerodynamics of the IAI Astra SP’s Sigma II aerofoil are so good they give this seven passenger executive jet both a competitive Mach .80 cruise and such excellent low

New Tusks for the Pig the F-111 Rvianics Upgrade Programme Pt III The RAAF’s F/RF-111C Avionic Upgrade Programme is now under way and will see the aircraft fitted with a state of the art digital offensive avionic suite and digital flight control system. This final part completes our technical review of this important RAAF project.

Qantas Float Gets Off To A Good Start After months and indeed years of delays, postponements and cancelled takeoff clearances, the Qantassharemarket juggernaut has finally lumbered down the runway, attained flying speed and clawed its way into the private sector firmament. The float of the remaining 75% of Qantas took place at 12.30 pm on