Marc Joel Atrero

ICAO Legal Agenda From its first meeting in 1947, the International Civil Aviation Organisation has been the forum for multilateral resolution of legal problems relating to international civil aviation. In that time the organisation had dealt with numerous legal problems of great practical importance to civil aviation requiring concerted international action. In particular this has

Asian Aerospace Serves as a Shop Window for Australia The Association of Australian Aerospace Industries is strongly international in outlook. From its formation, it has been a strong supporter of Asian Aerospace- using its presence at the exhibition each two years as its major regional promotion. The Australian market, while significant, is too small to

Northrop B-2A The 70 Billion Dollar Bomber? Northrop’s batlike B-2A Advanced Technology Bomber (ATB) has become the focus of a political debate of an intensity unseen since McNamara’s management debacle with the GD F-111 program. The principal issue is one of cost versus benefit, the $US70 billion tag for the program is seen by critics

MD 530N Has Successful First Flight The McDonnell Douglas Notarhelicopter made its first flight on December 29, 1989. The maiden flight is the first of a conventional production single rotor helicopter without a tail rotor for anti-torque and directional control, said Project Manager Jim Van Horn. “Except for the introduction of turbine engines to helicopters,

Mudry Cap 10 A familiar but at the same time new shape of light aircraft will be appearing in Australian skies around about the middle of this year with the arrival ofa pair of French built Mudry CAP 10B two seat, tailwheel, aerobatic training aircraft. Built of timber, two CAP 108s have been ordered by

Very Fast Train Concept Heralds Significant Implications for Air Transport Propelled by significant advances in fast rail technology and an ever more congested domestic air transport system, the concept of very fast trains (VFTI is beginning to herald the coming of a new dawn for the railways as they begin to emerge as short haul