Marc Joel Atrero

50 Years Ago . . . This will be another disastrous month for the Allies, especially in the Mediterranean. Over Britain the Luftwaffe will make its last major raids of the Blitz with attacks tapering off in the second half of the month as its units are withdrawn for operations in the East. As well

Tiger Makes First Flight The Franco-German Tiger anti tank attack helicopter recently made its first flight, powered by the trinational MTR390 engine which made its first flight in February. The MTR390, jointly developed by MTU (Germany), Turbomeca and Rolls-Royce to power the Tiger, was successfully tested in mid February onboard an Aerospatiale Panther flying testbed

Fairey Gannet Commodore Norman Lee continues his series of articles on aircraft he flew during his service with the Fleet Air Arm I saw my first Gannet at the Royal Naval Air Station at Leeon-Solent. It was sitting in a small hangar with its wings folded, bomb bay doors open, and both propellers fully feathered.

We won but Only Just Our light twin had been chartered for an IFR flight from Melbourne to Canberra, departing late in the day. The area forecast was for a strong westerly stream, with cumulus and strato-cu cloud between 4,000 and 9,000 feet. Drizzle was expected on the highlands, but with the exception of a

Boeing’s Heavy Jet Heritage The Boeing 707/KC-135 family represents perhaps the greatest success story injet transport design. Part Two of this three part indepth Profile examines the development and service of the commercial 707 family, which was produced for thirty years in some nine distinct variants, and which continues to grace the skies with the

Crunch Time Soon on New Structure of Adf An intensive examination of what should be the forward structure of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the implications of cost and on manpower and equipment,including any changes in direction on major capital procurements, appears to be coming to an end. The process, actually begun with a