Marc Joel Atrero

Caa In Upheaval As Seaview Air Accident Opens A Pandora’s Box The crash of Seaview Air Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander Vh-Svq off the coast of Nsw en route between Williamtown and Lord Howe Island on October 2 has opened up festering wounds within the Civil Aviation Authority, the responsible government ministry and the aviation industry

Flying The Aerochute Dual Powered Parachute Ever wondered what a powered parachute is like to fly? Could for instance a private pilot easily convert across to one of these new low cost flying machines? Australian Aviation went for a test flight and found the craft to be not only a lot of fun but also

Tomcat For Nowra Naval Aviation Museum A former Us Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat is set to become a prime exhibit at the Australian Naval Aviation Museum at Nowra. The fighter will be on permanent loan from the Us Department of Defense in much the same way as the B-52 at the Darwin Aviation Museum and

Townsend’s Helicopter Training School Cfi Wins Prestigious Churchill Fellowship In what can only amount to a plus for the helicopter industry as a whole, Chris Townsend, the founder and Chief Flying Instructor of Townsend’s Helicopter Training School has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study helicopter standardisation and safety procedures with the major international helicopter

Mind Over Matter I well recall my instructor telling me all those years ago as I was about to get airborne for the first time, that my IQ would drop by 50% the moment I stepped into the aircraft. He then went on to say that it would only gradually return to normal after I

The Ether Fighter Senses A Radar Probe The Ether Fighter senses a radar probe and drops its nose, sniffing the electronic air for emissions. The ragged edge of energy from a Doppler radar is sensed, and as the fighter moves along its mission flightpath, it locates the exact position of the radar transmitter. Moving a