Marc Joel Atrero

Gaa Conference Launches a New Era for The Association The General Aviation Association (Australia) has indeed come out of the doldrums with the highly successful performance of the Association’s National Conference held at Terrigal NSW on 11th – 13th July. Whilst again many members, for one reason or another, failed to make it, some sixty

Cessna 210 Centurion From the late 1940s through ’50s, as Cessna’s single engined aircraft product line developed from the bottom upwards, the Company had an excellent trainer, cheap personal transporter and arguably the best utility range about. Surprisingly perhaps, the Wichita giant had nothing on offer to compete at the top end of the single

Considering the Australian system, European divisions of airspace and Air Traffic Control systems make interesting comparisons, wherein some notable differences would be beneficial to air transport in the Australian environment if applied here; an analysis, from the operator’s viewpoint – “how it looks to the pilot” – based on this writer’s personal experiences is thus

10 Years Ago • The Federal Government will not update the RAN’s remaining Wessex MK31B helicopters. Original intentions were to re-engine the helicopters with twin Gnome turboshafts, upgrade the avionics and install a Louis New-man autopilot system at an estimated unit cost of $2m. The future is now uncertain for the RAN Wessex fleet which

Air New Zealand Looks at LAN Chile Air New Zealand is bidding for a share in the Chilean carrier, Lan Chile. The New Zealand company has been accepted by the Chilean Government as a bidder in partnership with the Chilean Luksic Group. The joint bid is for a 51% share in Lan Chile. Air New

A New Future for Woomera? The establishment of an Air Combat Manoeuvring Range, an Electronic Warfare Range and an Instrumented Tactical Bombing Range are among the options in the planned private commercialisation of the former Woomera Rocket Range in northern South Australia. These are some of the Defence related possibilities apart from numerous civil applications,