Marc Joel Atrero

May 1945: 50 Years Ago May 1 Western Front Europe Rumours of an unconditional surrender by Germany are rife, especially when Berlin radio announces the death of Hitler, but his successor, Grossadmiral Donitz, pledges that the war will continue. Many U-boats begin leaving from north German seaports. Dozens are at sea en route to Norway.

Regional Airline News Corporate Air sold its Cessna 404 Titan VH-JOH to Skytrans, Queensland in December with the Cessna later being registered VH-SKZ. Air Link added the former Hazelton Airlines PA-31-350 Chieftain VH-MWP to its fleet in February. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Southern Australia Airlines Connecting Australia’s Sunraysia area with Melbourne, western New South Wales, northern Tasmania and South Australia, Qantas regional carrier Southern Australia Airlines has been growing steadily despite economic downturn and at times fierce competition from Ansett owned Kendell Airlines. Tony Mathews has been at the helm of Southern since 1986. His role in

10 Years Ago The Canadian Armed Forces has allowed its option to acquire a further 20 McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornets to lapse. It is now considering varying the mix of single and two seat versions of the Hornet, within the constraints of the 138 aircraft purchase, to enable more of the two seat versions to

An Old Captivity (With Apologies To Nevil Shute) The year would have to have been about 1930. Certainly it was before I started school and that was in 1932. Come to think of it, history records the aircraft and its pilot left for New Guinea in May, 1931, so it had to be before that.

Exercise Willoh 95-1 Inaugurates Trans Tasman Air Refuelling The trans Tasman defence environment in recent years has been characterised by a growing closeness between the Australian and New Zealand defence forces. Under the blanket theme of Close Defence Relations, the two governments have signed numerous agreements to define cooperation in areas as diverse as navigation