Marc Joel Atrero

Overseas Visitors This has certainly been an interesting period with quite a number of quality overseas visitors flying into Australia. Melbourne saw the arrival of two aircraft operated by French charter companies. On October 14th DC-8-62CF F-GDJM of Minerve arrived from Mahe and the Cocos Islands. As FQ114 the DC-8 later departed for Singapore. Another

Customs Win Impounded Aircraft Battle The Collector of Customs has won his battle to prevent the sale of a Me 109 and P-51D Mustang aircraft. The two aircraft were impounded by Customs several years back when an attempt was made to export them from Australia. Since that time they have been stored in Sydney with

Airband communications are a bit of a worry sometimes. You tend to wonder how some of the people within the system got to penetrate the system in the first place. A pilot living at Kununurra in Western Australia provides this rather amusing but also slightly worrying look at an aviator who perhaps should not have

Sydney Airport Since the last Corporate Contrails, the ABAA have attended further meetings in Sydney to investigate with OTC (Department of Transport and Communications) officers and industry representatives ways in which the existing priority system could be modified to alleviate the present problems. By way of example the problem was typified by a recent flight

I will never forget my early flying lessons. The aviating part was OK, well at least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it! But alas, back at base, it was time to keep up with what is politely termed study. As every pilot knows, there is a wealth of theory to conquer and a

Airline Pilot Training: The Whys and Wherefores of the World’s Latest Boom Industry The demand for airlines both worldwide and within Australasia for pilots is increasingly on the rise. The General aviation sector on the other hand continues with less defined and uniform growth – and presently within Australia employs new pilots largely on a