Marc Joel Atrero

The Bati’Le for Schofields As if General Aviation didn’t have enough battles to fight, another one has emerged that if lost has the potential to be a major problem for many future generations of private pilots. What we are referring to is the battle for Schofields, the small weekends only GA airfield situated to the

The Battlee for Schofields As if General Aviation didn’t have enough battles to fight, another one has emerged that if lost has the potential to be a major problem for many future generations of private pilots. What we are referring to is the battle for Schofields, the small weekends only GA airfield situated to the

Register Review Sixteen aircraft make up the New Allocations section this month, quite a small number compared with previous months with the trend continuing toward smaller, lighter machines and away from larger, corporate aircraft. The largest aircraft that appears is the third Beech C99 for Oxley Airlines, OXD, which joins OXB and OXC in their

Tales Definitely the lighter side of aviation! Silence is golden Heard a good story the other night from an old friend who during the early eighties was seconded with the USAF flying F-15 Eagles out of Luke AFB, Ari- zona. It seems my friend and the squadron commander were ferrying their F-15s from Luke across

50 Years Ago… July 3- New Guinea. After heavy fighting around Mubo, Australian troops advancing from Wau join up with Americans from the Nassau Bay landing force in the Bitoi River region. July 3/4 Britain. Target Cologne. Out of 653 aircraft, 9 Halifaxes, 8 Lancasters, 8 Wellingtons, and 5 Stirlings are lost. Twenty industrial premises

John Rankin lives in Auckland and works in the insurance industry. He is a senior executive with a very well known company. Recently, while watching aircraft on the downwind leg for RW 23 at Auckland’s Mangere International Airport, John spotted a Qantas 767, a rare sight these. days in Auckland airspace. Most Qantas flights to