Marc Joel Atrero

An Overdue Event? This months Recce concerns that very emotive subject of air safety. Indeed it is difficult to realistically write about this subject without some quarters of the industry taking you to task for unnecessarily frightening their bread and butter, the fare paying passenger. Whilst this is understandable it still doesn’t do any of

Register Review The register update this issue shows 39 new aircraft flying in Australia and five aircraft restored to the register. This is balanced by 42 aircraft being removed from the register for various reasons leaving just over 9. 200 aircraft registered by the CAA. This figure does not include gliders, gyrocopters and ultralights whose

I am pleased to report that lots of inbound mail for this column is in fact penned by Qantas and other airline Captains, and First and Second Officers. One such correspondent is Second Officer “Jabs” (his old RAAF fighter callsign), who has provided one of the best and most amusing radio exchanges that I have

Convair’s Delta Fighters Convair’s highly distinctive F-102 Delta Dagger was the first supersonic delta aircraft to achieve service status. Then, planned only as a variant, the F-106 Delta Dart emerged as a sleek and powerful interceptor that went on to protect American skies fornearly 30 years . . . Origins of the F-102 project date

It would be very difficult to predict career opportunities in aviation in the next five years. Indeed, five years ago, many commentators were predicting that 1991/92 would be a period of tremendous growth both domestically and internationally. Well, at the risk of preaching to the converted, we all know that is not the case. Aviation

Australia/New Zealand 1991 Bizjet Directory The 1991 Bizjet Directory covers the period from 01/09/90 to 30/09/91. Fleet numbers presently stand at 78, which relates to an overall reduction of 12 on last years figure of 90. Under present economic conditions a fall in fleet numbers was widely forecast, however even the most pessimistic did not