Marc Joel Atrero

Bae/Ansett Flying College up and Running The airline pilot training business is very much a cyclical one as the demand for pilots constantly changes. One year there can be what is seen to be a desperate shortage yet only two or three years later there can be a excess of qualified pilots available who will

Reaction to Australian Aviation Proposals Air New Zealand sees Australian Government proposals to change that country’s aviation policy as a welcome sign that restraints on the airline’s ability to include Australian stopovers on routes to and from Asia may at last be coming to an end. Air New Zealand’s chief executive, Jim McCrea, said that

Commercial Support Programme on Track The Defence Commercial Support Programme (CSP), whereby many support functions within the Australian Defence Force would be contracted out to private industry was “very much on track”, the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Mr Gordon Bilney said recently. He said it was quite clear that hundreds of millions of

Dornier 328 A definite growth area in recent years is the heavily contested market for high speed turboprop commuter airliners. The large number of aircraft vying for orders, such as the Dash 8, EMB-120, J31 and J41 Jetstreams and Saab 340B ensures market share is bitterly fought for and means any new entrants are going

Mobile One – General Aviation Headset Recently, A A made a flying visit to Mobile One Australia Pty Ltd, manufacturers of a range of aviation headsets. The aim was to have a look at their manufacturing facility and to test their “Head Set General Aviation” (HSGA) to see how it compares with similar headsets on

50 Years Ago . . . May 1 – Pacific. Two Catalinas are seriously damaged during an attack on Tulagi by “Mavis” flying boats. A24-23 is stripped of parts for A24-19 which is then flown to Rathmines. A24-23 is sunk to prevent capture. Malta. PIO Yarra, 185 Squadron, claims a probableJu 88 at night in