Marc Joel Atrero

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems has teamed with EH Industries to offer the EH 101 to the US armed forces. McDonnell Douglas and EH Industries (jointly owned by Westland and Agusta) say they have identified large requirements for new technology helicopters in the coming years and have targeted the US’s Medium Lift Replacement Helicopter (MLRH) programme.

On the Airbands Richard Watson is General Manager of New Zealand company Flight-Deck Productions, and is a keen airband enthusiast, owning an AOR AR-1500 scanner radio. Richard is very happy with our book “Listening In to Aircraft Radio”, taking a copy with him to the USA, so he could extract important American air frequencies to

Active Radar Guided Missiles Skyflash – The Changing Face of Beyond Visual Range Air Combat The Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) is the principal weapon of the modern air superiority fighter and as such its performance and capabilities can be one of the determining factors in individual engagements and force effectiveness as a whole. Advances in modern

Is “VFR” the acronym for “Virtual Flight Reality”? This work of art from Digital Aviation is so good, VFR could mean just that. Many flight simulators seem to have had a game or a sterile mathematical flight model as its genesis. The visual aspects of the aircraft being simulated often feel as though they have

10 Years Ago An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-200ER set a record on its delivery flight (May 31/June 1), making the longest-ever flight by a twin-engined commercial airliner. Flying from Dulles International to Addis Ababa, the aircraft covered 6,510 nm (12,082 km) in 13 hours and 17 minutes with 58 people on board. This was the

The Night Nobby’s Luck Ran Out Nobby Roach was not a particular friend, but I knew him well enough after the manner of casual aviation acquaintances. He often flew his Comanche into Barracoola and I used to see him from time to time in the bar of the aero club when flying was finished for