Marc Joel Atrero

Hands up who has realised that aircraft such as Springbok 281/282, or the Qantas service to and from Johannes burg are actually guarded on HF frequencies belonging to South African Airways in the western Indian Ocean region? It’s true, as Springbok Johannesburg HF is the only facility adequately covering that area of the pond. Frequencies

Airbus Tech Briefings Highlight Smooth Progress With a34o Development Programme Airbus lndustrie recently hosted the world aviation press for two days at Toulouse, France for the annual technical press briefing. The purpose of the briefing is to provide an update on the status of the various Airbus aircraft currently in production, the development programmes ofaircraft

50 Years Ago … May 31/June 1 – Australia. Outside Sydney Harbour, parent submarines of the Japanese Eastern Attack Group await the return of the attacking midgets in vain. They will return two more nights before dispersing to disrupt shipping along the eastern coast and off New Zealand. June 1 – North Africa. Kittyhawks of

Hunting Out The Southern Cloud Searching for aircraft wrecks has always been a fascinating and challenging pastime, even more so when the accident in quest is steeped in mystery and folklore. Just such an incident was the dramatic loss of ANA Avro Ten VH-UMF in March 7931 sixty first anniversary of the mysterious loss of

With so much to do at Easter AA decided this time to be totally different and to visit a major air show in a foreign country. Well, not really that ‘foreign’ as I am sure our Kiwi cousins across the Tasman feel as equally at home with us as we do with them. Certainly our

The Federal Government Reneges on Agreement to Industry In 1984, the Federal Government commissioned MrHenry Bosch to lead an independent inquiry to examine and report on the costs attributed to the Australian aviation industry. His report recommended, inter alia, that regulatory costs should continue to be separated from other costs, that costs associated with setting