Marc Joel Atrero

World title missed by a split second In mid-November I was racing in the last round of the Red Bull Air Race (RBAR) World Championship in Fort Worth, Texas. My team and I had a pretty clear goal: win the race. If we could do that and have the results from the two other teams

The RAAF has been standing up its initial cadre of F-35 pilots and sustainment personnel at Luke AFB, just outside of Phoenix, Arizona The Arizona desert is usually dry, but on this July day storm clouds sat on the surrounding mountains and I was gasping for breath as the humidity of the two month-long “monsoon”

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Dawn of the silent, clean, ion machine Who knew that we’d be looking for the same qualities in both aircraft and roommates? Clean and quiet are the features of a breakthrough by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aeronautical engineers who successfully conducted test flights of a new aircraft design. This aircraft features no propellers, no

Time to move on from the CASA stalemates Fire & AG Phil Hurst CEO – AAAA We look back on 2018 as a challenging year that saw few positive initiatives from government or agencies. While the aviation medical relaxations for Class 1 medicals for aerial application were welcome, and the new Aviation Safety Advisory Panel

Sustainable funding essential for our regions Airports Caroline Wilkie CEO – AAA The AAA’s Protect Regional Airports campaign continues in 2019 to support the sustainable future of our aviation network. Our call in November for the establishment of a $100 million Regional Airport Infrastructure Fund (RAIF) received significant attention as it highlighted the plight of