Marc Joel Atrero

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

Register Review Almost one third of the aircraft listed in the New Allocations this issue are helicopters, including two new Robinson R22s and an R44 imported by the Robinson agents Heliflite. The R44, APM, is the fifth of its type to be registered in Australia, and at least two more are known to be in

R44 Clears Faa Special Certification Review, But R22 Comes Under Ntsb Fire The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the Robinson R44’s compliance with certification requirements and the Robinson Helicopter Company standards of design, manufacture and quality control assurance, after conducting a Special Certification Review (SCR) of the four seat piston helo at the bequest

“What do I do if I miss?” asked the young Englishman. His name was Bob Doe, a fresh faced, 20 year old replacement pilot for No 234 Squadron, RAF. It was mid August, 1940, and the Battle of Britain was beginning to heat up. The man to whom he had addressed the question was the

Mark Di Felice and Dean Smith from East Doncaster in Victoria are keen readers of “On the Airbands”. They found this item from the Moorabbin airwaves amusing, and believe you may enjoy it also. Mark and Dean were flying at the time themselves on a local trip near Moorabbin Airport. The day was pretty terrible

Air NZ Expands Overseas Air New Zealand is hiring more than 60 pilots for its expanded international services, marking the airline’s first major recruitment campaign in nearly five years. The expansion is driven by the addition of nine weekly flights to Japan following the September opening of Kansai International Airport near Osaka. This content is