Marc Joel Atrero

Important Aviation Projects Included in 1994-95 Budget Royal Australian Navy capital equipment projects continue to dominate Defence spending in that key area in the 1994-95 Budget, and will continue to do so for at least a few years yet. But some important aviation programmes are included in the new major capital equipment items approved by

Kansai Opening Amidst Controversy to Usher in a New Era in Japanese Air Transport Situated on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, Japan’s newest gateway and first round-the-clock airport is scheduled to open this September at a total cost of more than $15 billion. Expected to handle 68,000 passengers per day, Kansai will radically alter

United States Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) state that twin engine aeroplanes may not be operated over a route that contains a point further than one hour flying time (in still air at normal cruising speed with one engine inoperative) from an adequate airport unless authorised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). FAA authorisation must then

Aviation Safety Regulation – Proposed Funding Strategy The long awaited proposed funding strategy for the recovery of costs associated with aviation safety has been released by the CAA for industry comment. In essence the CAA has identified the costs of the safety regulatory activities, the beneficiaries of those activities, and as a consequence, who should

10 Years Ago The USAF took delivery of the first F-16C version of the Fighting Falcon at General Dynamics’ Fort Worth Division on July 19. The F-16C and the two-seat equivalent, the F-16D, will be produced at Fort Worth in parallel with the earlier F-16A and F-16B. Deliveries of the F-16 now exceed 1200 and

Fighter Upgrades The end of the Cold War, or perhaps more accurately, what could have been World War III, has seen a rapid decline in defence expenditure in the Western democracies, not unlike the period immediately following World War II. As governments slash defence budgets, force sizes shrink and fleets are reduced while air forces