Marc Joel Atrero

Skyrace Tasmania 95 The third week of February was a big week for both Tasmania and air racing enthusiasts with the start of the now annual Skyrace Tasmania Air Races. Starting with a navigation event, the action then moved to Valleyfield, a restored Wwii airstrip 40km south of Launceston. There the ground and sky seemed

Raaf F-111 Crash Raises Questions The fatal crash of Raaf F-111C A8-127 during a simulated night attack on the meatworks at Guyra, Nsw in September 1993 could be explained away as just an operational accident of the type which is going to occur from time to time due to the nature of the flying involved

Ap-3C Orion By the end of the decade, the Raaf will arguably have the most capable long-range maritime patrol force anywhere in the world. A new upgrade will significantly boost the Raaf’s maritime patrol capabilities and will extend the Orion’s fleet life to 2015. The Raaf and E-Systems are about to start work on what

Sydney Noise Winners Andlosers Sydney noise winners andlosers: one of the problems associated with the current debate over aircraft noise levels around Sydney following the opening of the ‘third’ runway has been the inaccuracy of predictions as to which suburbs would be affected and in what way. Whose senior members preside over electorates which benefit

People Leroy Keith is to take up the position as Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Safety Agency (CASA). He is due to begin work in Australia from March 27. Previously, he was the Vice President and General Manager (Quality) with McDonnell Douglas Aircraft and before that he headed the FAA’s Transport Airplane Directorate Aircraft

American To Head Casa Leroy Keith, an American, has been appointed head of the new Civil Aviation Safety Agency (CASA). Mr Keith has already arrived in Australia from the USA. His background includes working as a civilian test engineer with the US Air Force, a research engineer with Boeing, head of the US Federal Aviation