Marc Joel Atrero

Impulse Airlines Impulse Airlines’ plans to become a major Australian regional carrier are well within reach if the airline’s achievements in its relatively short history are any indication. Its decision to lease ten Jetstream 41s will surely help the company on a course to realise this objective. Impulse’s managing director, Gerry McGowan, said on accepting

A22 – Aerospatiale As 350b Squirrel Basic helicopter training for the RAAF and RAN had been carried out by the RAAF at Fairbairn since 1962 on the UH-1B Iroquois. Twenty years later, these early model “Hueys” were overdue for replacement. In August 1982, the Minister for Defence announced a $23 million order for 18 Squirrels:

Banana Formation Monitored by your author, on Bankstown Tower frequency 132.8 MHz, a pair of Cessna Skyhawks inbound in formation from the training area to the west of the field, with the unlikely radio callsign of “Banana Formation”! Yes, you guessed it, you really wouldn’t expect a callsign like that to go uncommented on, by

Airlink Bae 146-200 Enters Service Australian Airlink changed its operating name to Airlink with the delivery and entry into service on September 3 of its first Bae 146-200. Airlink has leased the three aircraft, Vh-Njg, Vh-Njh and Vh-Njj, from National Jet Systems in Adelaide who in turn have leased the aircraft from Trident Aviation Leasing

Regional Airline News Air Facilities, who operate services from its Albury base to Canberra and Deniliquin, has added Pa-31-350 Chieftain Vh-Jch to its fleet. Vh-Jch, which is the third of its type in the Air Facilities fleet, was first noted at Essendon on September 9. Australian Commuter Airlines commenced restricted Rpt services on October 10

Airborne Early Warning And Control Part I: Introduction To Phased Array Technology The technology of Airborne Early Warning (AEW&C) systems is at a generational junction point at this time. We are now witnessing the next step in the lengthy evolution of this key technology, that being the transition from mechanically scanned antenna technology to electronically