Marc Joel Atrero

Qantas at the Crossroads After a decade of often heated debate the moment of truth has finally arrived for both Qantas and the Federal Government. During the life of this issue the airline will at last go to the market, its real value to be confirmed and unfortunately almost half of it to disappear to

Register Review Twenty-two entries can be found in the New Allocations this issue, covering a wide range of aircraft from an Italian-designed amateur-built helicopter to a couple of Russian-designed jet fighters. The unusual kit helicopter is the first Augusto Cicare CH-7 Angel to fly in Australia. Registered NGL and powered by a small capacity Rotax

Blown Away Our story, which I believe is true, occurred during the sixties at Avalon airfield during the Mirage production era. It seems that a new Mirage was taxiing into position at the end of Avalon’s long runway for a routine predelivery test flight. Unbeknown to the pilot and certainly well out of sight was

Mr C A Pemberton from Wahroonga in Sydney wrote to me a while back, but I haven’t had space to acknowledge him in the column until now. He states that he is “intrigued by the gentleman who has operated the ATIS on 317kHz (now also heard on VHF comms 133.85) at Sydney Airport for a

End of the Two Dme System In December this year, the CAA will switch off all its domestic Distance Measuring System beacons, leaving only the 1000MHz system in operation. But will the hole left in the instrument panel also leave a hole in pilots ability to safely navigate? The CAA’s DME Transition Project will see

Robinson Wind Restrictions Lifted The US Federal Aviation Administration has decided that wind and turbulence restrictions imposed on Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters should be lifted except when the aircraft are flown by inexperienced pilots. Investigations into the helicopters have found that both perform well in those conditions and that the majority of accidents which