Marc Joel Atrero

Regional Airline News Australian Regional Airlines leased Cape York Air Services BN-2A/3 VH-BSP during 08/92 to meet a demand for additional capacity on the Cairns to Dunk Island and Cairns to Lizard Island routes. Country Connection Airlines added PA31-350 VH-XLA to this fleet in 07/92. The ferry details of their aircraft from New Zealand to

The Spruce Goose Saga Continues As reported in the September issue of AA, the Hughes HK-1 Spruce Goose has been sold and is to be moved to McMinnville, Oregon. When viewed in late August at Long Beach the props and engines of the Goose had been removed and a few days later work commenced on

Come in Spinner During my Fleet Air Arm service I fortunately only broke one of Her Majesty’s aircraft and that was a Firefly in a shore based taxying accident. The brief circumstances were that I had just finished a session of aerodrome dummy deck landings at the Jervis Bay airfield and as I turned onto

The Corporate 1000 In the summer of 1910, young Geoffrey de Havilland finally coaxed his frail wood, wire and cotton biplane ‘Number 2’ off the big undulating field known as ‘Seven Barrows’ near Newbury, England. He may then have foreseen that his company would later produce thousands of aeroplanes of nearly 150 types. He might

Airline Prepares to Spread Its Wings In just over two years Air New Zealand will be able to fly to nine Asian cities via Australia. This follows a New Zealand Australia aviation deal following the announcement inJune of the two countries open skies policy. (Refer p24 Aug 92 AA) This content is available exclusively to

50 Years Ago. . . October 1 – North Africa. The DAF maintains constant pressure on Rommel’s supply routes. Vehicles and equipment unloaded at Benghazi and Tobruk are attacked by long range Beaufighters while making the long journey to the front. In typical sorties, Sgt R Swift of 272 Squadron strafes six lorries, setting two