Marc Joel Atrero

It’s an I’ll Wind At the time of writing, the industrial dispute between Australia’s airline pilots and the major domestic carriers was in its fifth week. To date there seem to be no winners, except perhaps the intercity coach operators, who have no doubt enjoyed record demand. According to many observers, there will be no

Business Aviation Keeps Flying During the long drawn out period recently when the airlines were unable to operate, business aviation once again proved its benefit to the nation. Indeed, those Corporations, who were equipped with their own business aircraft carried on as normal. Those less fortunate companies who were left stranded by the airlines found

‘The Hun’ An Account of the F-100 Super Sabre On May 25, 1953, high in the clear and cloudless bright blue sky over the Mojave Desert of California, two sleek swept wing aircraft hurtled side by side faster and faster through the crisp air. Shortly beforehand they had taken off from Edwards Air Force Base.

Tullamarine – An Airport for the Future The Federal Airports Corporation recently unveiled the Melbourne Airport Strategy document which is the definitive blueprint for the future development of Tullamarine. This not inconsiderable piece of planning work is the result of an extraordinarily well researched series of planning studies jointly undertaken by the Victorian State Government

10 Years Ago • The Minister for Defence, Mr Jim Killen, announced in late November that the General Dynamics F-16 and McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet have been short-listed for the RAAF’s TFF requirement. Aircraft previously considered, but now excluded, are the Northrop F-18L and Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000. The F-18L no longer in contention because of

Airline News AIR NIUGINI – F28-1000 C-FONG msn 11070 transited Darwin on July 11th en route Bali to Port Moresby on delivery to Air Niugini. AMERICA WEST- 737-33As N166AW and N167AW flew into Melbourne on September 9th for operation on domestic routes during the pilot dispute. America West is 20% owned by Ansett while the