Marc Joel Atrero

Australia’s Regional Airlines have just been through another 12 months in which they have had to contend with a number of major problems. One wonders how it is we have so many airlines, what keeps them going and just how they manage to survive. Australia like many parts of the World is at present going

Are Singles Safer Than Twins? Singles, twins and helicopters -A study into safety and survivability The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether there was any current statistical justification for government ministers, aerial ambulance services and certain trade unionists to charter twin engined aircraft rather than single engined aircraft on the sole premise that

Vickers Supermarine Scimitar Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of airtic/es on aircraft he flew during his service with the Fleet Air Arm. For an aircraft that was a third-generation fighter, it has to be said that the Scimitar was a dismal failure. I doubt that any company but Vickers Supermarine could have designed an

Second Defence Corporate Plan Spells Out Raaf’s Future Directions The second Defence Corporate Plan was released recently by the Department of Defence’s Secretary, Mr Tony Ayers and the Chief of the Defence Force, General Peter Gration. It is a 76 page foolscap sized document which incorporates changes made under the Force Structure Review announced by

Air Combat Needs Study Delayed A defence study of New Zealand’s air combat requirements has been delayed. The review, part of a wider assessment of defence requirements, was announced last May in a defence policy paper and had been due for completion at the end of August. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

The Way It Used To Be! Research carried out for Aerospace Publications’ (publishers of AA) latest book ‘Air Crash’ (Volume 1 of this two part work on the development of Australia’s airways went on sale last month) turned up some intriguing glimpses of our industry’s pioneering years. This month’s Air Safety feature summarises a paper