Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorIssue 66: May 1991
May 1, 1991 0 commentStrange Times Indeed! Regular readers might remember our August 1990 Reece centring around the danger in reducing Australia’s defence spending to the point where our armed forces were little better than mere supporting acts for Anzac Day marches. Supporting Reece in that issue was an extensive article warning of the ever present dangers in letting
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May 1, 1991 0 commentStrange Times Indeed! Regular readers might remember our August 1990 Reece centring around the danger in reducing Australia’s defence spending to the point where our armed forces were little better than mere supporting acts for Anzac Day marches. Supporting Reece in that issue was an extensive article warning of the ever present dangers in letting
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April 28, 1991 0 commentRegister Review Thirty-three aircraft make up the new allocations section this month, with homebuilt aircraft to the fore. As is usual this time of year, amateur aircraft builders spend more of their time away from their families and in their garages or hangars in order to finish their projects in time for the annual Sport
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April 28, 1991 0 commentBizjet News Bizjet fleet numbers continue to drop as another three aircraft are sold overseas. For the twelve months ending 31/08/90 our Bizjet Directory showed 9 aircraft departing overseas. In the six months since, a further 11 aircraft have departed our region. Perhaps even more worrying is the fact that there are another 5 aircraft
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April 28, 1991 0 commentNew Look Basi Reshapes for the Nineties For decades, the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) long had the image of an ogre-like, bureaucratic monster lurking in the wings just waiting to make life difficult for any erring pilot. But this has changed considerably in recent times with BASI, now working hard to gain industry’s
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April 28, 1991 0 commentPerils of the Day Long Charter What could be more pleasant than a nice spring flight from Sydney to Taree in an AeroCommander? Well, quite a few things, actually, especially when you have to get up at 4am to do it, and the forecast is for thunderstorms in the afternoon! The job was to take
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