Marc Joel Atrero

1988 a Vear of Change Within the Raaf A major reorganisation of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Operational Command, a pick up in deliveries of the new tactical F-18 Hornet fighter, a major air defence exercise centred on Darwin, the opening of a new ‘bare’ air base at Derby, WA, and the forthcoming start of

HAA Fee Increases There has been a mixed reaction to the increase ih fees recently announced by the Helicopter Association of Australia. However, it appears that the majority of company members will pay the new rate while due to the traditional late payment of fees by most private members, it will not be known for

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On February 19, 1942, just over ten weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbour, Japanese bombers appeared in the skies over Darwin. Thus began a period of dented danger for AiJstrafla, one which has never been equalled before or since. The defences were not ready. No RAAF aircraft was capable of defending the town or

A change of pace for our Air Safety column as we begin to run items of interest from the RAAF’s excellent Spotlight journal. Spotlight is produced by the RAAF’s Directorate of Air Force Safety and though relating primarily to military aviation, contains much of direct relevance and interest to airline and private pilot alike. The

Queensland Gooneys Live to Fly Another Day When word began to filter through the industry that Air Queensland were selling their four DC-3s that had become legendary in North Queensland, some wild and wonderful stories also began to circulate. “They’re definitely going offshore”, “Ansett have bought them”, “they’re going to be cannibalised for spares”, and