Marc Joel Atrero

Air Fatalities Lower but Accidents Up Air accidents in NZ rose almost 20% last year but the number of fatalities fell 25% to 18, reports the NZ Ministry of Transport. According to air transport division figures, the number of accidents involving serious injury- compared with the annual average of the previous ten years -increased 42%

Of Shush Missions, Voice Sorties and Pucker Factors Some of the less publicised roles of the Army’s 161 Reconnaissance Flight were Signals Intelligence gathering and Psychological Warfare. Between 1966 and 1972 it’s estimated that 161 flew over six thousand hours on these missions. Phuc Tuy Province, August 24, 1968 – The Cessna 180, A98-043 was

Bizjet News. In Traffic/April we mentioned the sale of BAe 125-800B ZK-RJI of Robert Jones Investments Ltd, Auckland. Departure date from Sydney to the US was 13/02 and not as quoted. The Queensland Government have reregistered their BAe 125-800B VH-SGY as VH-LK\/. This was done to allow them to use the markings VH-SGYon Westwind 11

The Advanced Trct/Crl Fighter Part II Yf-22R and Yf-23R – R Technical Comparison At the time of writing the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A and Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics YF-22A had both completed their respective demonstration/validation flight test programs. While the USAF have not revealed much about the internals and performance of the aircraft, their airframe geometry and known

Only three Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the Royal Australian Air Force during World War 2. One of these was won by Flt Lt Bill Newton on 16th March 1943, while flying in New Guinea with No22 Squadron, RAAF,Australia’s only Douglas Boston unit. This squadron was raised at Richmond, New South Wales, on

 Airlines Seeking South African Rights: At least nine airlines are negotiating for a return to South Africa as soon as international sanctions against the country are dropped. The nine airlines known to be seeking rights to South Africa are Qantas, American, United, JAL, China Airlines, Kenya Airways, Austrian, Air Seychelles and Cathay Pacific. According to