Marc Joel Atrero

An Old Captivity (With Apologies To Nevil Shute) The year would have to have been about 1930. Certainly it was before I started school and that was in 1932. Come to think of it, history records the aircraft and its pilot left for New Guinea in May, 1931, so it had to be before that.

Exercise Willoh 95-1 Inaugurates Trans Tasman Air Refuelling The trans Tasman defence environment in recent years has been characterised by a growing closeness between the Australian and New Zealand defence forces. Under the blanket theme of Close Defence Relations, the two governments have signed numerous agreements to define cooperation in areas as diverse as navigation

Visual Approach And Landing Safety Enhanced By Plas! Glide Angle Approach Indicator “The PLASI, Pulse Light Approach Slope Indicator, is a ground installed, self contained device which, without any aircraft installed devices, visually provides vertical glidepath information including correct position and direction, as well as degree of deviation and rate of change of deviation from

The New Mid-West Rotaries There’s a quiet revolution coming in lightplane engines! British company Mid-West Aero Engines (MWAE) has developed and certificated the Wankel rotary into a pair of brilliant new powerplants that are lighter, smoother, quieter, more efficient and have less moving parts than conventional aero engines. I recently flew both the company’s 100hp

From a number of key areas, Avalon 1995 was a very successful airshow. Successful trade days, the variety and number of aircraft on display, excellent flying days and improved facilities and services combined to make Avalon 95 a vastly improved show compared with Avalon 92. Only the unpredictable weather, lower than expected crowds on the

Qantas Mid Year Results “An excellent result” is how Qantas Chairman Gary Pemberton described the airline’s half year financial figures announced on March 16, despite some pessimism in the financial market about the result, reports Julian Green. The 79.5% increase in pretax earnings saw a $71.7m improvement to $202.9m for the first half of the