Marc Joel Atrero

Start of Aew&C Study in New Year The Defence Department and Air Force will conduct a Project Definition Study (PDS) next year into the procurement of an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system to enter the Royal Australian Air Force inventory towards the end of the century. The PDS will identify a list of

Aerospatiale Socata Trinidad  Recently, through Eurocopter International Pacific, the marketer of Aerospatiale General Aviation products, I was able to satisfy a long standing wish to make the acquaintance of the Socata Trinidad. I know that the aircraft has been on the Australian market for over a decade, but as a relative newcomer to the GA

Deadline Nears on Contentious Us Accord A showdown is nearing over the Australia-US aviation accord. In June both sides agreed to shelve their dispute until year’s end. Now, with a third round of talks scheduled for late November, negotiators are anxious that, without a settlement, the new year could bring an ugly return of sanction

10 Years Ago An unrefuelled flight across the USA was made by the second Northrop F-20 Tigershark on December 1. The 2007 nautical mile flight from Edwards AFB in California to Andrews AFB, Maryland, took three hours and 47 minutes. It carried two wingtip AIM-9 Sidewinders and three 276 US gal external fuel tanks. •

Coastwatch Contract Ushers in a New Era of Surveillance Capability December 1 Saw Yet Another Stage Begin in the Evolution of Australia’s Coastwatch Operation With the Long Awaited Release of a Request for Tender (Rft) to Cover a New Look Surveillance Operation From 1995 Right Through Till 2005. Coastwatch is the civilian agency operating as

People Australia Air has appointed Eddy Krieger as its director of marketing and sales. Jenny Lorkin has been managing Continental Airlines ‘ offline office in Australia since November 1. Fordham Communications is once again managing the PR account for Northwest in Australia. Frank Markcrow is AirshowsDownunder’s Director of Aerospace Industry Promotion. The RAAF has announced