Marc Joel Atrero

Don’t Sell the Farm Last year in our November issue Reece we implored the powers that be to ensure that a sale of any part of Qantas or Australian to foreign interests only be undertaken if it was proven conclusively to (a) be totally necessary to raise the funds required or (b) to be of

Register Review A very small register update this month covering only three weeks’ changes due to print deadlines. Of the two aircraft listed in the new allocations section the most interesting is Maule LPI. D B Maule produced the M-4 Dee Bee (named after Maule’s initials) in 1957 after manufacturing aircraft components such as ventilation

Bizjet News In this issue of Traffic, we record the departure of another four of our bizjet fleet to overseas operators. In its heyday, the Bond Corporation operated a fleet of four bizjets – Boeing 727-100 VR-BHK, Falcon 900s VH-BGF and VH-BGV, and Falcon 200 VH-BGL. Financial problems have since resulted in the disposal of

No Fool Like No Fuel Funny the emotions that a quick perusal of the logbook can evoke. Long forgotten faces and events seem to leap out of the simplest of entries. One in particular caught my eye. It was brief and cryptic – “19 October, Caribou A4-179, A’drops THG, 3. 6hrs. ” It was the

Flying the Line What’s it like to fly a routine flight pattern with Qantas? To satisfy your curiosity Michael Glynn describes a typical four sector pattern flying the QF 767 Saturday 16 February. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please

Last December, an F-111 from RAAF Amberley was operating in the Coolangatta control zone on tower frequency 118. 7, testing the new radar. Part of the routine involved “maximum rate turns”. Meanwhile, an Australian Airlines 727 (VH-TBO) made its initial Tower contact with Coolie, quite unaware of the F-111, or what it was doing. This