Marc Joel Atrero

Australia returns to combat aircraft design and development Avalon 2019 Review There may not have been the hype around the arrival of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighters that anchored the 2017 Airshow, but Avalon 2019 more than held its own — to the point where chief executive Ian Honnery declared it “one of the

Global MRO trend spreads to Australia In its well-respected Global Fleet & MRO Market Forecast Commentary for 2018–2028, the respected US fi rm of Oliver Wyman states that the current trend in MRO “is cutting the number of players while simultaneously increasing the scale of those left standing. ” In its executive summary, the report

Issue of team isolation is a hot topic One of the questions I always get asked by people, is ‘when will you bring your race plane to Australia?’ The short answer is, I wish I could tell you! As an Aussie team competing in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, one of the largest

How to make a quick getaway One of the bigger challenges, or lets just call it costs, associated with fl ying your own aircraft is getting to and from your aircraft and the nearest café. You may be fortunate and arrive at an airfi eld with it’s own facilities, perhaps even a hotel! For many

Insights from the world of aviation AIRLINE NEWS Qantas’s regional wing QantasLink claimed top honours for punctuality in 2018. Figures from the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) showed QantasLink had 84. 3 per cent of its flights arrive within 15 minutes of schedule in calendar 2018, ahead of Qantas at 80. 9

A380 and Concorde – how the fates conspired At first look, the mighty doubledecker A380 and the sleek delta-wing Aerospatial/BAC Concorde may seem to have very little in common. But as we all know, looks can deceive and these two aircraft – one approaching the end of the (production) line and one consigned to history,