Marc Joel Atrero

Gotcha! Back in the 80s while working as a television news reporter, a crew and I were despatched to spend a week covering major flooding in the border rivers area of northern NSW and southern Queensland. To get around, we were issued with a small aerial fleet of a fixed wing twin and a helicopter.

The Australian Regional Airline Industry The Australian regional airline industry is presently under intense political and media scrutiny mainly as a result of the Seaview accident on October 2. While we may see some operators fall by the wayside, for those who continue on they will do so in the knowledge that they have exceeded

Thumbs Up For Australian Aircraft An aircraft made in Victoria has been given the “thumbs up” by pilot Ray Patchett who says the aircraft is one of the most cost effective in its class. The aircraft is a top dresser, built by Gippsland Aeronautics and the GA 200 is the first new type of top

Regional Airline News Since completing the Regional Airline Directory which is featured elsewhere in this issue, there have been a number of changes and additions to the Regional Airlines scene which are worthy of mention. Emu Airways purchased Cessna 402B VH-BYN from Air Charter, Adelaide in late August; however, the aircraft was not planned to

As a birthday gift, I recently went on a “Red Baron” scenic flight lasting an hour or so from Sydney’s Bankstown Airport in a Pitts Special S-2 biplane. Callsign was “Triple Foxtrot” (VH-FFF) and during the flight, pilot Noel Kruse performed some aerobatics north of Barrenjoey. This particular flight proved a classic example of how

Mcdonnell Douglas To Stretch Md 520n McDonnell Douglas Helicopters is studying a stretched, more powerful, extended range development of the MD 520N Notar helicopter, tentatively dubbed the MD 630N. The new helicopter would be based on the proven MD 500 series but the fuselage would be stretched to seat eight including the pilot in three