Marc Joel Atrero

The Fokker 50 Enters Australian Service The first of ten Ansett Fokker 50s entered service with Air NSW on November 16th. Previous to this the aircraft had completed a whistle-stop 14 day, 23 port publicity tour throughout the carrier’s network which is believed to have seen over 60,000 people inspect the new aircraft. And new

The Incredible Me 163 Komet Over Germany, at five minutes past six on April 10th, 1945, Flying Officer John Melville (Slops) Haslope, an Australian serving in 165 Squadron, RAF, peers down out of the cockpit of his Mustang Ill and sees a lone German rocket fighter firing at the bombers he is escorting. It then

Oshkosh Tour Set to Excite Australian Aviation and Torii Tours are just putting the finishing touches to their two specialist aviation tours for 1988. Our first tour visits the USA with a late July departure and the second will take in the Farnborough Air Show in September. The US tour, which will be hosted by

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Part Twenty-Seven in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia As Australia enters this bicentennial year, many interesting events have been planned to highlight notable occasions and facets of our nation’s history. The importance of aviation will be underlined in some truly memorable events. Amongst the various aircraft

Special Notice to All Early Newsagency Purchasers of Our Book “Australia’s Military Aircraft” Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, publishers of Australia’s Military Aircraft, wish to advise that they have withdrawn all original copies of this book from both newsagency and direct mail sale throughout Australia. The recall has been undertaken due to the book not being

Trade Practices Commission Demands That Ansett Relinquishbulk of East-West Acquisition The November 10 decision by the Trade Practices Commission that the Ansett group must withdraw from its ownership of much of EWA/Skywest is seen as indicating that in years to come the TPC will not merely be a rubber stamp for any and every airline