Marc Joel Atrero

Building commercial aircraft has always been a risky business. Betting the company is the standard high stakes gamble every time a manufacturer develops a plane. But airframe builders have never faced as much uncertainty as now. And it is not over such a simple question as the chances of recovering multi-billion dollar research costs on

Kiwi Nowra Basing a Benefit to Rnzaf and Australia Alike A new chapter in Australian/New Zealand defence relations has recently opened with the arrival at NAS Nowra of No 2 Squadron RNZAF with their six Skyhawks, to provide air defence support flying for the ADF. A team from Australian Aviation was privileged to visit NAS

10 Years Ago The selection of either the General Dynamics F-16 or McDonnell Douglas F-18 as the RAAF’s NTF (New Tactical Fighter) will be made in mid October. Press reports indicate improved prospects for the F-16 because of last minute General Dynamics proposals for enhanced electronics, weapons systems and sensors. • The RAF announced on

De Havilland Sea Venom Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of articles on aircraft he flew during his service with the Fleet Air Arm When it came time for the RAN to replace the Sea Fury, a number of aircraft were considered but the obvious choice, considering the size of HMAS Melbourne, was the De

A great deal is being written and talked about at the moment on how the CAA should divide and manage Australian airspace. Arguments rage about maintaining the status quo or adopting a more international model based on the ICAOA to G definitions (AMATS). The CAA has also just announced a radical and visionary plan concentrating

Why Your Elb May Not Save You A little known fact is the reality that a large fraction of the ELBs (also known as ELTs) currently in use in Australia cannot be tracked by the COSPAS/SARSAT satellite network. As such they can only be tracked at shorter ranges by airborne VHF homing receivers and as