Marc Joel Atrero

Ansett Nz Closer To Blue Skies Ansett New Zealand is forecasting a big improvement on its $NZ37.2 million loss last year. The airline which took off in 1987 is reported to have lost a total of about $NZ200m. Management will not say however if it is making money for the first time in seven years.

The Penultimate Simulation: Flight Planning From Champagne Pc Services The title gives the subject away. I was considering stringing readers along with a fancy story about a fabulous flight and reveal part way through that the subject of this article is an Australian produced flight planning software suite. However, in the interest of intellectual honesty,

August, 1944. 50 Years Ago … August 1 – Poland Poles in Warsaw rise against the Germans but the Russian forces on the outskirts of the capital stall in front of growing German resistance. New Guinea: No 8 Communications Unit at Goodenough Island provides air/sea rescue for Spitfires of 79 Squadron. Catalina A24-92 rescues one

Courtesy of Bob Langley from Balgowlah and Greg Baker at Sutherland NSW, some information regarding changed Ansett company VHF frequencies. As every Sydney aircraft radio enthusiast knows, 130.9 MHz is Sydney Control (northern routes). Ansett Sydney’s airground company VHF has been operating on 130.95 for some time, and has long been suffering interference from the

Eurocopter Increases Market Share But Posts Loss The Eurocopter Group posted an operating loss of 324m French Francs ($A81m) for 1993 on revenues of 10.05bn FF ($A2.5bn), although it did boost market performance in both commercial and military sectors. During the year the Eurocopter Group recorded sales of 9.32bn FF ($A2.3bn), on par with 1992

Robinson Helicopter Safety Course Addresses High R22 Accident Rate Alarming as it may sound, of the 350 Robinson R22 helicopters sold in Australia, 129 have been written off in accidents so far, and over 25 of the remaining 220 are expected to be involved in an accident in the next twelve months. Yet as this