Marc Joel Atrero

Minibus: Beyond Airbus British Aerospace and the Italo-French Atr organisation announced on January 26 they would merge the marketing, sales and customer support operations of their regional aircraft ranges into a single group. The group, owned equally by Alenia, Aerospatiale and Bae, will combine the two Atr models, the Jetstream 31 and 41 and, surprisingly,

Review of Flying Training Industry to Examine Options for the Future The Civil Aviation Authority and the Australian Aviation Advisory Committee (Aaac) have recently commenced a joint review of the Australian flying training industry, following identification of a number of issues relating to the industry that warrant examination. The Review Committee is headed up by

Skyrace Tasmania 95 The third week of February was a big week for both Tasmania and air racing enthusiasts with the start of the now annual Skyrace Tasmania Air Races. Starting with a navigation event, the action then moved to Valleyfield, a restored Wwii airstrip 40km south of Launceston. There the ground and sky seemed

Raaf F-111 Crash Raises Questions The fatal crash of Raaf F-111C A8-127 during a simulated night attack on the meatworks at Guyra, Nsw in September 1993 could be explained away as just an operational accident of the type which is going to occur from time to time due to the nature of the flying involved

Ap-3C Orion By the end of the decade, the Raaf will arguably have the most capable long-range maritime patrol force anywhere in the world. A new upgrade will significantly boost the Raaf’s maritime patrol capabilities and will extend the Orion’s fleet life to 2015. The Raaf and E-Systems are about to start work on what

Sydney Noise Winners Andlosers Sydney noise winners andlosers: one of the problems associated with the current debate over aircraft noise levels around Sydney following the opening of the ‘third’ runway has been the inaccuracy of predictions as to which suburbs would be affected and in what way. Whose senior members preside over electorates which benefit