Marc Joel Atrero

Catalina Update Further to the article in the March issue (p56) of Australian Aviation on the loss of the New Zealand bound Catalina, N5404J, further news is now to hand on the unfortunate demise of the amphibian. The Catalina had departed from Hawaii bound for Tahiti and then New Zealand. When about 150km north of

10 Years Ago • The service career of the Vulcan came to an end on March 31 when the last operational Vulcan squadron, No 50 based at Waddington, was disbanded. • The RNZAF’s nine McDonnell Douglas A-4K and three TA-4K Skyhawks will have their service lives extended until at least the end of the decade

Qantas 747 Flight Simulator Recently, as a part of a briefing on the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) now fitted to Qantas’s aircraft (refer p42 Aug 93 AA), I was given the opportunity to fly the 747-400 simulator. All told I had just over an hour which was mostly spent on the TCAS demonstration, but

A Tale of Press on Regardless This is a tale of events that took place on a day some forty one years ago, but the morals to be drawn are as applicable as if it had all happened yesterday. In subsequent years I used to recount the events of this particular day to my students,

Sukhoi Su-29 Sukhoi! To many people the name conjures up images of a Russian high performance aircraft. It certainly does to me and in this case it conjures up an image of one of the highest performing aerobatic aircraft in the world. ie: The Sukhoi Su-26/29. Since commencing competition aerobatics two years ago, I have

Adf Bombing Helps Stem Nsw Fires It has gone little noticed that Australian Defence Force efforts in combating last January’s New South Wales bushfires are believed to be the largest ADF involvement in natural disaster relief work since Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin in 1974. Much of the ADF aid was aviation related, with Army and