Marc Joel Atrero

Regional Airline News Air Facilities, who operate services from its Albury base to Canberra and Deniliquin, has added Pa-31-350 Chieftain Vh-Jch to its fleet. Vh-Jch, which is the third of its type in the Air Facilities fleet, was first noted at Essendon on September 9. Australian Commuter Airlines commenced restricted Rpt services on October 10

Airborne Early Warning And Control Part I: Introduction To Phased Array Technology The technology of Airborne Early Warning (AEW&C) systems is at a generational junction point at this time. We are now witnessing the next step in the lengthy evolution of this key technology, that being the transition from mechanically scanned antenna technology to electronically

November, 1944. 50 Years Ago… November 1 — Britain. En route to an armed reconnaissance off Norway, a 455 Sqn Beaufighter (F/O G Hammond & F/Sgt G Henry) collides with a 489 Sqn aircraft. Both are lost. Burma. Four Australians — F/Lts O Shave, S Titterington, R Powell, and A Carlton — are killed when

An Industry Runs Out Of Ideas The drought of new aircraft programmes is getting worse. Very few manufacturers are now planning to build new aircraft, either civil or military. The 1992 edition of the Observer’s Book of Aircraft had just two entirely new types (compared with the previous year’s edition): the Yak-141 and the Eurofighter

The Ruschmeyer R 90-230 Rg At last, after nearly a hundred articles and ten years of writing, I have been given a truly new production aircraft to evaluate! And what an aircraft! This classy, fast and remarkably quiet four seat retractable boasts excellent flying qualities, a good range and many carefully thought out detailed innovations.

Lockheed C-130J Hercules Ii The RAAF has recently received budget approval to acquire 12 new generation C-130J Hercules Ii airlifters. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company’s Vice President for Airlift Programmes, Al Hansen, exclusively briefed Australian Aviation on this latest incarnation of the immortal Hercules. The Lockheed C-130J Hercules Ii is the most significant and comprehensive update