Marc Joel Atrero

How Coke Nearly Hit the Spot Prior to the Korean War, the RAN FAA operated its Fireflies and Sea Furies from HMAS Sydney in much the same fashion as had been done during the previous conflict. The catapult was rarely used as it was quicker to fly aircraft off in a free takeoff from a

Australian Atc to Have an Automated Future Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) is quite simply the automation of Air Traffic Control (ATC) as we know it. ATC is based primarily on three elements, communication, navigation and surveillance. However, each of these systems have a major limitation; They are strictly line of sight systems. Therefore, oceanic control

10 Years Ago • The US Department of Defense has allocated the designation of F108-GE-100 for the CFM56 engines to be fitted to much of the USAF Boeing KC-135 fleet. Deliveries of the re-engined KC-135Rs will begin later this year and current plans provide for up to 300 KC-135Rs to be completed. The RAN took

Parliamentary Enquiry Slates Caa Over Taaats Contract There is no doubt that at $11. 95 a copy, the eagerly awaited Macphee TAAATS report is value for money. Briefly, Ian Macphee was asked by Senator Cook, Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support to carry out an independent review of the CAA’s tender evaluation process for the

Jindalee Over the Horizon Radar Project Begins to Take Shape Through the ages, from the moment when our primitive forebears first tried to see further by climbing a hill, the quest for improved surveillance has produced some amazing technology. Australia is poised to become a world leader in such technology with the sophisticated Jindalee Over-The-Horizon

Ba’s Qantas Stake: Among all the dramas associated with the British Airways/ USAir and Virgin Atlantic situations comes some good news for BA, namely the fact that the Australian government approved on December 17 the airline’s acquisition of 25% of Qantas for $665m. BA has gone to great lengths to assure Australians that this is