Marc Joel Atrero

Commercials— Suspect Safety Monitored Following the naming of nine nations whose aircraft have been banned from operating to the Usa because of safety concerns, the European Joint Aviation Authorities (Jaa) is considering joining the Us Faa and other airworthiness authorities in monitoring the safety practices of suspect countries. The European Civil Aviation Conference meeting in

Pilot Error Blamed For F-111 Crash The fatal crash of an Raaf F-111 in September last year during a routine low-level night simulated attack on the meat works at Guyra (near Armidale) Nsw, has been found by an enquiry to most likely be the result of pilot error. The report notes that the pilot had

Caa Facing More Problems The Caa’s worries over the Seaview Air accident are large enough, but more revelations about forged paperwork associated with imported second-hand aircraft have only added to the Authority’s problems. Further, the Mig-15 jet fighters flown by civilian warbirds operators have been grounded following the discovery — according to newspaper reports —

Beyond Belief! Readers who enjoy that wonderful television series Yes Minister would have been inspired by the orchestrated charade of appeasement to every self-interest group within the Alp in the weeks leading up to that party’s annual conference in Hobart. From our perspective as aviation persons our primary interest as one such self-interest group was

Beyond Belief! Readers who enjoy that wonderful television series Yes Minister would have been inspired by the orchestrated charade of appeasement to every self-interest group within the Alp in the weeks leading up to that party’s annual conference in Hobart. From our perspective as aviation persons our primary interest as one such self-interest group was

An Opportunity Lost? Technically speaking, next month the Tasman becomes a free air market theoretically linking Australia and New Zealand as one single aviation market. Technically speaking this means that it should be as easy and convenient to fly between Christchurch and Coolangatta as it presently is to fly between, say, Adelaide and Sydney. At