Marc Joel Atrero

Air NZ Hit by Recession Air New Zealand reported a bottom line profit of just $NZ5. 49m for the 15 months to June 30, compared with a $NZ100. 9m profit for the 12 months to 31 March 1990. The reporting periods differ as the company moved from a 31 March to 30 June balance date.

10 Years Ago The British Aerospace 146 had completed 70 hours of testing during 32 flights by mid-November and will be joined by a second BAe 146 this month while the third aircraft should be ready February/March 1982. Orders are so far held for two Series 100s while 11 orders and 12 options have been

Nanchang CJ-6A- The Chinese Warbird Recently I was offered the opportunity to fly the Chinese Air Force’s basic trainer, the Nanchang CJ-6A. The offer was made by the joint owners, Graeme Carnage and Brian Candler who have two of the machines based at Canberra airport. A third aircraft is presently with Classic Aviation of Bankstown

How Safe Are Our Airways Today? Air disasters helped forge Australia’s airways system. But are our legislators now in danger of forgetting the lessons of the past? In this month’. 5Air Air Safety feature, Macarthur Job outlines the theme of his two volume work, “Air Crash – How Australia’s Airways Were Made Safe”, the first

Masling Industries Set to Pioneer Power Line Repairs Masling Industries and its joint venture partner, Haberfield of Florida, have been working for two and a half years to develop the technology in Australia to allow live power line repairs from an airborne helicopter. Haberfield, who have gained experience from operations they carry out in the

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