Marc Joel Atrero

Avm Barry Gration Emerges as Likely Next Raaf Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Barry Gration, 54, who took up the appointment of Air Commander Australia at Glenbrook, west of Penrith, NSW, earlier this year has emerged as the favourite to become the Royal Australian A,r Force’s next Chief of Air Staff. At the

Following on from the very successful Australian Business Aircraft Association’s series of annual conventions and the Helicopter Association of Australia’s Rototech shows, the activities and interests of allied general aviation associations are being combined this year into a joint format trade and industry show. The event is the Australasian Aviation Trade Fair and Convention to

Trap for an Unwary Player Since gaining my Night VMC Rating I had been making good use of the flexibility it offered. Once having got used to the idea, I was actually choosing to fly my Bankstown based Cessna 182 in the dark rather than in daylight. It had a lot of advantages. Not only

The Air Land Battle Part I USAF Close Air Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction fighting the air-land battle has been a problem for Western air war strategists and forces planners alike over the last three decades. This period has seen technological changes of major proportions in battlefield air defenses, aircraft and munitions and, as a

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Part I Although plagued by terrible accidents and the resulting adverse publicity, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was, in fact, the result of greater concentrated design work and engineering effort than any of the company’s previous aircraft. It grew from the same requirements put forward in June 1966 by American Airlines which also

Air New Zealand Looks to the Future With Bold Development Plan Amidst celebrations marking its 50th birthday, Air New Zealand is embarking on an aggressive Year 2000 Vision Statement that aims to make it the dominant carrier in the region by the turn of the century. To achieve this the airline aims to increase inbound