Marc Joel Atrero

Boeing’s Improved 747-400: To introduce a series of modifications to its 747-400 long range transport which will result in increased weights, improved payload/range and reduced drag and fuel burn. The upgrades could also form the basis of the planned stretched 747-X. The first changes will be available on aircraft built from later this year and

Trans Pacific Air War Goes Critical: The long simmering trans Pacific air war over Northwest Airlines’ rights to uplift Japanese traffic between Australia and Japan has gone critical with Qantas being threatened with withdrawal of rights for three of its 10 weekly Australia/ LA nonstops. The move follows US Dept of Transport Secretary Frederico Pena’s

Did Compass Die, or Was It Killed? Were you shocked by the sudden demise of Compass II? I don’t mean so much that it failed, but rather the almost indecent haste in which it was put to rest. Almost as if those involved actually wanted it dead and buried. Gone and hope- fully forgotten. It’s

Did Compass Die, or Was It Killed? Were you shocked by the sudden demise of Compass II? I don’t mean so much that it failed, but rather the almost indecent haste in which it was put to rest. Almost as if those involved actually wanted it dead and buried. Gone and hope- fully forgotten. It’s

Register Review An interesting variety of aircraft make up the New Allocations this month including a MiG-17, a Pilatus Turbo Porter and a second Globe Swift. ALG is Australia’s first MiG-17 and joins three MiG-15s and a MiG-21 on the register. The MiG-17 Fresco was a direct development of the MiG-15 which it began to

Raaf Proposing to Buy Tlffiee Surplus Us Navy Lockheed P-3B Orions The Royal Australian Air Force’s major P-3 Update project which aims to keep its maritime reconnaissance/anti-submarine warfare patrol planes operational well into the next century,includes a proposal to acquire three surplus United States Navy P-3B models. The P-3B buy proposal is seen as a