Marc Joel Atrero

50 Years Ago. . . September 1- New Guinea. Ten aircraft of 4 Squadron move to Tsili Tsili for the forthcoming Lae-Nadzab campaign to support the 7th and 9th Divisions. Each will have four Boomerangs and a Wirraway for reconnaissance, supply dropping, ferrying officers, and strafing. To cover the Australian 9th Division’s convoy approaching Lae,

Jim Thorn Interviews Doug Roser The past few years have been a traumatic time for the Civil Aviation Authority. Massive retrenchments, substantial changes in operational requirements and procedures and the introduction of high value and technologically complex ATC systems at a time when senior management appeared to be in disarray. Hopefully this sad era is

Air Pacific Amidst traditional Fijian dancing and kava drinking, Air Pacific’s new administration centre and hangar at Nadi International was recently opened, marking an important milestone in the international carrier’s plans which will see it evolve into a notable force in the Pacific basin and Asia regions. Not that the airline is moving headlong into

X Wing  If you are feeling a bit “spaced out” after flying around the electronic airspace, X Wing might provide you with an interesting diversion for a month or so. This game is very popular with the younger set at the moment, and is modelled closely along the “Starwars” theme. You get something of an

Ferry Flights Swedair Saab 340A SE-ISX In SWE902 ferried from Darwin to Townsville on July 17. Final destination for SE-ISX was Nelson, New Zealand, where the Saab later entered service with Air Nelson as ZK-FXC. Air Tahiti ATR72 F-OHAT, which was enroute from Toulouse to Papeete, transitted through Townsville on July 12. Sempati Air F27-200

Bottom Line Boeing has reported sales of $US7. 98bn ($A11. 5bn) and earnings of $US426m ($A617m) for the second quarter of 1993. Sales for the quarter were significantly higher than that for the first quarter of the year, while they also marked a modest improvement over the same period in 1992. For the first half