Marc Joel Atrero

Emerging technologies threaten the West’s command of the air Air supremacy has been the essential start-point of every Western-led military campaign from the end of World War II up to today. The West’s politicians and generals have been safe in assuming that their armies and navies would be able to operate free from enemy air

A new season, and new challenges, demand the right approach As I was sitting on the start grid ahead of the third and final practice session of the first round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, I sat and watched the UAE Air Force display team arrive

The incredible legacy of the Boeing 747 One by one, airlines around the world are farewelling the Boeing 747 from their fleets. A giant in its physical dimensions, the size of its impact upon air travel can hardly be measured. It didn’t merely take aviation to the next step in 1969 when it first took

A rusty pilot flies the Diamond DA62 As a precursor to this air test, I want to reinforce to our readers that I am a very rusty pilot. Very. Whilst aviation was my first career, it’s been a good 11 years since I’ve been at the controls of an aircraft and there’s quite a big

Perth Airport on the front foot In the late 1950s the former aviation director for the US State of Ohio, the late Norm Crabtree, uttered the famous and oft-quoted words that an “airport runway is the most important main street in any town”. For WA’s economy, which is the economic engine of Australia, even in

Unmanned systems finally taking off in ADF service When Australian troops first deployed to Afghanistan in late 2002, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had no unmanned aircraft and not much experience beyond some trials, which did show the vast potential for this technology. Sixteen years on, the ADF is becoming a UAS (unmanned aerial systems)