Marc Joel Atrero

Stolp Starduster Too Imagine bright sunlight on four scarlet and white wings. Envisage them framing the rapidly whirling earth and sky ahead of you to the accompaniment of the wind whining in their interlacing wires. See the clear reality of the ground below yet feel at one with the air, not remote outside your aircraft

New Projects Aim To Make Airbus Number One Now in its 25th year, Airbus Industrie is able to offer a complete product range of airliners ranging from 120 to 400 seats. Having fulfilled its original goal of offering a comprehensive product line, Airbus is looking at a number of new projects and derivatives of existing

Airways Charges Reduced The Civil Aviation Authority has dropped charges for airways and firefighting and rescue services by an average 10.4% in real terms from July 1. The CAA says the reductions are expected to save the industry about $56m on what they would have paid had the CAA increased its charges in accordance with

People Bryan Banston is the new General Manager for Australian Airlink. Ansett Australia has appointed Gary Smith to the new position of General Commercial Manager, responsible for sales, marketing and inflight services. Paul Tattersall has taken up the newly created position of Vice President, Australasia, for Avro International Aerospace. Alan Harrison, Ansett Australia’s Director of

Faa Tightens Kitplanerules: The emergence of ‘cobuilder shops’ which help the buyersof high performance kitplanes to complete their aircraft has prompted theUS FAA to crack down on abuses ofthe homebuilt rules. The FAA believes many of these shops are ignoring the amateur built rules by completing kits with little or no owner involvement. They are,

Ran Helo Ships Delayed: Australia’s acquisition of two US Navy Newport Class tank landing ships has been delayed indefinitely owing to political problems within the US Government. RAN crews were already at the Little Creek Amphibious Base at Norfolk, Virginia in preparation for acceptance of the two ships in late June. Somewhat embarrassingly, news of