Marc Joel Atrero

Fac Faces Revolt: Federal Airports Corporation plans to introduce increased airport fees on general aviation from April 1 have met with strong opposition from interested parties and some severe solutions to a problem which threatens the financial security of most GA and Supplemental Airline operators. In brief, the charges range from $500 per annum per

Skyhawks το Return το Australia: The RNZAF is to deploy a detachment of its A-4 Skyhawk force to RANAS Nowra from July 1990. The surprise announcement provides a number of positive gains for both nations in that New Zealand is now able to actively exercise with a far greater variety of advanced technology aircraft and

USA Orders European Two European manufacturers have received large orders for their airliners from American operators. The first is from American Airlines, which has ordered 75 Fokker 100s and optioned a further 75 The order is the largest in the Dutch company’s history and deliveries of the first 75 will be made between 1991 and

Tamworth Selected for $40 Million Pilot Training College: Tamworth, New South Wales, has been selected as the site for a major Pilot Training College to be established in a 50:50 joint venture between Ansett and British Aerospace. The College, which is planned to open next year, will accommodate more than 200 cadets during a 14th

Australian Aviation Trade Fair 1990 Following on from the very successful Australian Business Aircraft Association’s series of annual conventions and the Helicopter Association of Australia’s Rotortech, moves are afoot to combine the activities and interests of allied general aviation associations into a joint format trade and industry show. The proposed event would be designated the

At Last! Two Great Victories for Aviation The month of March might well go down in Australian aeronautical history as one in which the aviation industry actually won not one but two significant battles against its political and administrative masters. First victory was the eleventh hour about face by Federal Cabinet in finally deciding to