Marc Joel Atrero

Ct-4 Movements The CT-4 Airtrainer may be out of RAAF service but it is certainly not going to be forgotten. Following the sale by auction of 36 of the aircraft at Bankstown airport on Saturday May 22, the new owners quickly moved their steeds across the country using ferry permits. No doubt these aircraft will

Regional Airline News Australian Air Kimberley is a new projected regional airline which was advertising for aircrew during June. Australian Air Kimberley is planning to operate Saab 340B type equipment on routes between Perth and Darwin. Australian Regional DHC-6-300 VH-TGG, which was rolled out at Townsville on June 11, was the first aircraft to adopt

General Aviation and Military Flying Training Philosophies – Are There Fundamental Differences? Several years were to pass between my last flight in the Navy and my first flight with an aero club, but it didn’t take me too long to reach the conclusion that the only similarity between the two was that you pushed the

Hunting Takes Flight Calibration a Step Towards the Future With the CM soon to announce the winning tender for operating Australia’s airways calibration contract, a British firm has pioneered a cost effective and novel solution to what previously was an overly expensive operation.  When it comes to landing an aircraft, particularly a large passenger jet,

Desert storm Analysis the Electronic Battle Part III The Allied electronic and SEAD campaign in the Gulf saw the destruction of an air defence system very similar to that of the Warpac. This was achieved by a carefully structured mix of hard kill and soft kill assets, applied to the task from a position of

Rotor Brake Malfunction Determined as Cause of EH 101 Crash It has been determined that the cause of the crash of a prototype EH 101, reported in the this column in June, was the uncommanded application of the rotor brake. The intense heat generated caused the metal in the assembly to melt, which in turn