Marc Joel Atrero

Rnzaf Recruits Overseas Pilots The RNZAF is being forced to look overseas to recruit pilots, because of the growing number of its aircrew leaving the service to work with the airlines. An alarming 37% of the RNZAF’s 90 flight lieutenant-ranked pilots have asked for early release from their contracts in the last five months, indicative

Jets Now Flying Since warbirds began flying here in Australia under ANR108A and its later title CAR 134 the focus for a long time was on prop driven aircraft. Of these aircraft the high performance fighters took most of the limelight followed by the lesser performance types and the trainers. By the mid 1980s there

Hawker Sea Fury Fb.11 After the 1947 defence statement announcing the acquisition of two light carriers, the Majestic class was selected from the UK. Embarked would be the standard Royal Navy frontline aircraft types of the time, the Fairey Firefly attack aircraft and the classic Hawker Sea Fury fighter. Although the Firefly had received the

November Nine Zero One Three Victor Who would have believed that in 1995 here in Australia we would be talking about seeing and hearing such aircraft types as the Lockheed Super Constellation, the Lockheed Electra and the Douglas DC-4. The restoration project on the Super Constellation has been well documented in this magazine while the

July, 1945. 50 Years Ago July 1 – Borneo. In the amphibious landing at Balikpapan which begins early morning, some 200 ships taking part, with hundreds of Allied aircraft thundering overhead. This operation is the biggest of the three Borneo invasions and the final landing in the OBOE series. USAAF Liberators bomb the shore defences

Unscheduled Landing Airline flying was not always the precise procedure it is these days. In earlier years, scheduled RPT operations were carried out without the benefit of today’s sophisticated navigation equipment and the degree of support now available from the air traffic services system. Moreover, operational requirements such as flight time limitations and stipulated procedures