Marc Joel Atrero

Of jelly beans and jets As there is in any organisation, a friendly rivalry exists between pilots flying different types of aircraft in the RAAF. For example, transport pilots are often known as Trash Haulers or Trashies, while those who fly fighters readily answer to the name Knuckle Head or Knuck. Also, for some obscure

Register Review The New Allocations section this month consists of 16 aircraft, exactly the same as last month, although in reality numbers are dwindling as more than one third are reregistrations of aircraft already flying in Australia. The remainder consists of a good cross section of types including four amateur built machines, two ex military

There But for the Grace of God “Clearto go,” my passenger intoned through the Gosport speaking tube from the front cockpit as the steady “green” from the controller’s Aldis lamp shone out from the tower windows. I eased open the throttle of Tiger VH-AZP, feeding in left rudder to counteract the swing. The tail came

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Falcon 3.0 – Plus Operation “Flying Tiger” By Spectrum Holobyte Falcon 3.0 – you love it or leave it. If you love it, after about 20 hours conversion, you will be competent enough to fly detailed missions in one of five “hot” locations in the world. The simulation starts with a comprehensive kit including several

50 Years Ago… August 1-Sardinia. 458 (Wellington) Squadron, now part of No 328 Wing, continues antishipping sorties. F/Lt Douglas and crew are shot down attacking a heavy cruiser off Sardinia. Sicily. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron flies in from Malta. Sgt Fourneau’s engine fails and he ditches. His No 2, Major Theron (SAAF), circles his dinghy for