Marc Joel Atrero

Airline Pax Face New Tax Airlines and the aviation industry have attacked a Government proposal foranew levy of $NZ1. 50 for airline passengers. Ansett New Zealand says passengers on medium distance flights already pay an average of $NZ40 in GST (goods and services tax) and various aviation taxes. The Civil Aviation Authority is considering the

Since 1989 Air Traffic Control (ATC) training has been conducted for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) by the University of Tasmania. Launceston University’s Centre for Air Traffic Services is set for closure in early 1995 to be replaced by a new TAMTS-aligned facility in either Melbourne or Brisbane. However, will the prospective teachers of future

Australian Airlines Fleet News The end for Australian Airlines was signalled on 06/05 when Boeing 737-376 VH-TAK ‘Daring’ was officially rolled out at Melbourne in the new colours of the Qantas Group. The colour scheme adopted is in fact the colour scheme presently carried by Qantas Airways with the only change being on the forward

10 Years Ago • The first RAF Lockheed TriStar 500 was placed into service on July 5 when 270 sol-diers were flown from RAF Brize Norton to Edmonton, Alberta. While four of the ex-British Airways TriStars are undergoing conversion to tanker configuration, two others are being used as transports pending their later modification. The RAF

The Speedtwin A Test Pilot’s Dream Come True! Would you deliberately spin a twin? Loop and roll a two engined aircraft? You might think I am joking, but I have just been doing aerobatics in a twin that was made for them. By any standards Englishman Peter Phillips’s Speedtwin is unconventional. You might not think

Desert Storm Analysis – The Electronic Battle Part II The Allied assault on Iraq saw the collapse of a formidable integrated air defence system, probably the most lethal outside the Warsaw pact. The Iraqi system had much in common with the Soviet system, including equipment, deployments, operational doctrine and diversity of types. The ease with