Marc Joel Atrero

In Australian Service The Fokker F.27 Friendship Part II Part Twenty Six in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia Australia’s active participation in the F. 27 started in 1954 when TAA’s Chairman, Norman Watt, and Director of Engineering, John Watkins, visited the Fokker factory. They had been in Britain accepting

Airship Industries Win Major Us Navy Order Those members of the international business community who doubted Alan Bond’s wisdom in his buying the then-ailing UK-based Airship Industries in 1985 must now be eating their words. To many within the international defence environment, and particularly those of the Senior Service, the long-term concept of the modern

10 Years Ago • In a move welcomed by owners of antique and replica aircraft, the US FAA has reduced from 12 to 3 inches, the permitted minimum vertical dimensions of tail or fuselage registration letters on aircraft with design, structural and operating speeds less than 180 kts. • The Singapore Air Force has received

The second and concluding part of our profile of this classic American World War II fighter, in which postwar developments and activities, Australian production and the unique Twin Mustang are described. North American P-51 Mustang Part 2 While the single-seat Mustang had well and truly proved its worth as a long-range escort fighter, that very

CRS Becoming a Major Tactical Force In Future Airline Marketing War CRS, the acronym spells Computer Reservations System, and to mariy it ushers in a powerful new weapon in the coming international air transport war. And war it is. Deregulation in the USA has spawned a new breed of mega airlines. United, American, Delta, Trans

Boeing has now formally embarked on a comprehensive programme to develop a completely new aircraft for introduction as early as 1992. The 7J7, as it is called during the current development stage, will seat about 150 passengers and take advantage of emerging technologies in propulsion, aerodynamics, structures and aircraft systems, as well as Innovative concepts