Marc Joel Atrero

Ferry Folly I was beside myself! For an unlikely combination of reasons, I’d been offered the rare privilege of ferrying a very original, pristine Tiger Moth from Armidale to Casino. With not a few types in my logbooks, I accepted with easy confidence – after all, opportunities like this don’t come every day! Even so,

10 Years Ago The 100th European built F-16 Fighting Falcon was delivered to the Royal Netherlands Air Force in mid March. The aircraft was an F-168 produced by Fokker at Schiphol General Dynamics at Fort Worth has now completed 265 F-16As and F-16Bs for the USAF and for export to Israel. • The designation ATR42

Aussie Vampire to New Zealand November saw the departure of DH Vampire T. 35, VH-ICP, for New Zealand where it has been purchased by an Auckland based warbird syndicate. Reportedly flown to New Zealand by CAA Examiner of airmen, Bill Scott, the Vampire went from Parkes, NSW, on November 19, to Brisbane and then next

Losses – But Ansett NZ to Fly On Ansett New Zealand, which lost $NZ29. 3 million in the year to June 90, will keep operating, says chief executive Gary Smith. The company has now lost close to $NZ100m in its first three financial years in New Zealand. Ansett NZ’s income for the year to June

Bizjet News For what is normally a quiet time of the year there was quite a bit of activity on the bizjet scene. Though we have recorded the arrival of three new aircraft – Challenger, Cessna 550 and Westwind II – we have in turn lost six others from the fleet. Challenger 601/3A VH-BRG was

British Aerospace Australia Wins $7. 2M Contract to Improve Australian Air Defence Assets A new system which will dramatically improve secure data communications for the Australian Defence Force’s air defence and airspace control assets is now under contract to British Aerospace Australia (BAeA). The contract, under a project known as ‘Link 11’ is worth $7.