Marc Joel Atrero

50 Years Ago . . . With the Battle of Britain over the focus of attention is shifting to the perils faced by Atlantic convoys as well as the spreading conflicts in the Mediterranean and Africa. The first 16 months of WW2 has seen the sinking of 1,281 British, Allied and neutral ships comprising 4,820,954

For those of you who may be fortunate enough to visit the Boeing factory in Seattle, Washington, these frequencies for the flight test division, Paine Field Everett, may be of some interest. They were collected during my recent visit, and were reasonably active as new British Airways, United and Aer Lingus 747s were being flight

On 6 December 1990 the formal launch of a project long in gestation was announced – the $84m British AerospaceAnsett Flying College, to be established at Tamworth, NSW as one of the world’s premier airline pilot training establishments. The BAe-Ansett Flying College has its origins in the BAe training academy established at Prestwick, UK to

Environmental Concerns Seen as Biggest Problem for Helicopter Community Noise limitations are now seen as the biggest single problem restricting the growth of the Australian helicopter industry. The recent NSW state government turnaround from the construction of an inner city heliport because of unrealistic noise requirements has bought home to the industry how little its

Vale: Caa Operational Control On the 10th January 1991 the Civil Aviation Authority returned Operational Control of all flights to the pilot in command. Like the T-VASI and the Australian DME, another uniquely Australian way of trying to ensure safe flight will end. – What was CAA Operational Control? What did it do? “The exercise

Auster Anyone who has made a study of Ross Gillett’s splendid book, ‘WingsAcross the Sea’* will know that the RAN operated twoAuster J/5G Autocars during the period 1953-63. The aircraft were mainly used for communications work between NAS Nowra, NAS Schofields and Bankstown, the latter being the location of the major civilian repair facilities supporting