Marc Joel Atrero

Aerospatiale’s Record Order: Parafield’s Australian Aviation College has placed a $4m order with Aerospatiale Australia for 18 aircraft, the largest single light aircraft contract placed in this country for many years and a major coup for the Australian distributors of the Aerospatiale TB range of light aircraft. The order comprises 10 TB 10 Tobagos, 6

Goodbye Sunshine With a sense of deja vu may I recall to you the final lines of last issue’s Reece. “Any strike action by flight crews in the year ahead will do us all much damage. I sincerely hope those concerned weigh their options carefully and consider the true long-term consequences of what a strike

Mrn Portable Surface-To-Air Missiles Part II The SA-7 Grail, SA-14 Gremlin and SA-16 The Russians were understandably alarmed by the discussion surrounding Redeye and sought to build an equivalent – this missile is the ubiquitous 9M32 Strela 2. Work on the 9M32 actually commenced in 1959 with development completed in 1965 and deployment a year

Register Review As is usual in the September issue, the New Allocations, Deletions and Restorations continue from the register review in the March/April issue whilst the changes of ownership amend or add to the complete register listing printed in the last two issues. The New Zealand connection continues with another 22 ex Kiwi aircraft joining

Aaal’s Paris Air Show Report AAAl’s involvement in the Paris Air Show 1989 commenced well before the Show itself. AAAl’s first task was to help create the environment within the higher level of Governments (both State and Federal) and within member companies which would ensure a significant high class representation of the Australian aerospace capabilities

Aviation’s Forgotten Golden Anniversary The incredible variety and number of jet aircraft flying around the world today have one, and only one, genuine ancestor: the Heinke/ He 178, the world’s first jet powered aircraft. It flew into aviation history fifty years ago this August. The heart of the corn belt in Dayton, Ohio, outside a