Marc Joel Atrero

Fair question, considering the hoopla the then Aviation Minister Mr Morris made when initially launching the CAA. Fair question also, considering the unprecedented uproar from an aviation industry now faced with both the CAA and FAC in their new roles of profit-orientated but monopolistic government entities. So are things changing for the better? This content

Jim Thorn Interviews Dick Smith Now into its second year of operation, the Civil Aviation Authority has certainly attracted much press, both good and bad, in its so far short existence. One particularly hopeful omen for the future, as perceived by industry and private pilots alike, was the appointment to the CAA Board of long

Iac Draft Report on Travel and Tourism Undoubtedly the most significant development affecting not only airports, but the entire system of air transport in Australia, is the publication of the Draft report on Travel and Tourism by the Industries Assistance Commission. The proposals contained in the IAC Draft Report, for the what amounts to a

Here we are again, tuning up and keying the mike button to check in once more with ‘On the Airbands’ and more airborne mirth! John Foster of Mosman NSW only recently discovered us. He tells me that a couple of years ago he monitored military UHF on a receiver with channels fixed by crystals, unable

Paris ’89 The Russians triumph again The giant presence of the Russian aerospace industry was undoubtedly the highlight of this year’s Paris Air Show. The bi-annual show, held at historic Le Bourget Airport about fourteen kilometres north of Paris, attracted no fewer than 12 Soviet aircraft, several of which were being shown in the west

SAAB 2000 In the last edition of this magazine we examined the first of a new generation of civil airliners. That aircraft was the Canadair Regional Jet, a 50 seat derivative of the successful Challenger corporate jet. Since the RJ, and the new generation of high speed 50 sealers that it represented, was initially mooted