Marc Joel Atrero

Mascot Is Not Sydney’s Only Problem What on earth would have happened to aviation in Sydney without World War II? Five of Sydney’s six airports were built to handle wartime emergencies. Today, it seems that peacetime emergencies will be required to generate sensible long term plans to cater for normal growth. Sydney KSA at Mascot

Norman Geary Departs Anz Air New Zealand has begun an international search for a top-calibre executive to replace its chief executive of more than six years, Mr Norman Geary, who has resigned. Managing director Geary, formerly with British Petroleum, is credited with bringing about one of the most remarkable airline revivals. He took over Air

A big thank you to the large number of readers who recently took time to send in material relating to military monitoring, and in particular, those who correctly identified the radio call ‘Eaglehawk’ as an Iroquois helicopter. One reader, Wayne Russell, from Grose Vale NSW is also a pilot, and snapped a quick photograph of

Aircraft Eyes That See In All Conditions The ability to fight through an effective 24-hour day must have been the dream wish of every military commander from Alexander the Great to the western front generals of World War I. For the tacticians of air warfare, this capability is even more vital, since the environment in

Major Announcements Imminent Regarding Australia’s Rotary Wing Industrial Capability At press time it was clear that during the course of this edition, there would be several significant announcements made which would affect this country’s aerospace industry for decades to come. The first project to receive official approval and project launch will be the previously reported

Test Flying in the Golden Age Cliff Rogers retired late 1984 after more than 36 years of flying duties with Rolls Royce, including a record 23 years as a company test pilot. He reflects here on some of his experiences and changes in the work of test pilots since the 1940s. I was fortunate to