Marc Joel Atrero

Future of Hotol Spaceplane in Doubt The UK Government has stopped further funding of the Hotol spaceplane project in a move which is expected to cause the eventual demise of the project. British Aerospace had sought a very modest £Sm a year for the next three years in order to bring the project to the

Australian Firm Bidding for Massive Us Army Technical Support Contract Ashley Computer Services of Melbourne and McDonnell Douglas Helicopters have teamed to offer the revolutionary ACAMS (Ashley Computer Aided Maintenance System) for future helicopter maintenance support programmes. ACAMS is a laser disk stored data system that provides access via a personal computer to a wide

Will Qantas Get Air New Zealand? The proposed sale of a 25% share in Air New Zealand to Qantas ends a hotly debated topic. The sale, believed to have cost Qantas $NZ180m is still subject to final agreement. (See also separate story elsewhere this issue. ) From the early days the leading contenders were Qantas

Terror Free Takeoffs Takeoffs are exhilarating. There’s the surge of power, followed by an arrow straight run, a lift-off at the precise speed, the feel of the mains rolling for a second after the nosewheel lifts and then the transfer of support from the landing gear to the wings. On the initial climb the ground

One Man’s Air Force Col Pay’s pleasures in life are the relatively simple ones – his family, the odd beer – and aeroplanes So far this probably sounds like most of the readers of Australian Aviation, except that Col Pay is able to indulge his passion for things aeronautical – and preferably those with tail

Air League Developing as Nursery for Future Aviators An afternoon’s flying at Camden Aerodrome on a recent balmy Sunday concluded with a brief chat with a Flying Instructor from the Australian Air League, and in no time at all, I had become fascinated with this organisation, deciding there and then to learn much more about