Marc Joel Atrero

European Winter Aviation Widely Different From the Australian Experience We are truly blessed with the weather in Australia. Indeed this is one of the many reasons we boast such an impressive aviation safety record. In Europe and North America, the winter takes on a different meaning as pilots routinely fly in conditions not even imagined

Pilatus/Hdh Pc-9 Ready to Enter Raaf Service When Defence Minister Kim Beazley made an announcement from Canberra In mid-December of 1985, he knew well it would cause some controversy. The announcement was that the Swiss Pilatus PC-9 had been selected in preference to the Australian A-108 turboprop trainer as the RAAF’s next basic trainer. The

10 Years Ago •The temporary withdrawal of approval to sell seven Boeing E-3A AWACS aircraft to Iran was announced on 28 July. This followed opposition in the US Congress brought about by concern that a highly classified system could fall into Soviet hands because of the 1200-mile common border with the Iranians. •The Handley Page

Overflight Rights – An Awaiting Pandora’s Box On 15 September, 1986, UK and Canadian aviation negotiators sat down in London for a last-ditch effort to resolve their longstanding differences. The attempt was in vain; the scheduled two day meeting broke up that same afternoon and it then became inevitable that the UK would send notice,

Australian Satellite Development Study Contract Awarded The Australian Space Board has awarded a $0. 2 million pre-phase A feasibility study contract for a research and remote sensing satellite to a group of organisations led by Hawker de Havilland. The NSW-based team, comprising Amalgamated Wireless Australia, Computer Sciences of Australia, AUSSAT, the University of NSW and

In Australian Service The Fokker F. 27 Friendship Part I Part Twenty Six in a Series Examining the Airliners That Established Civil Aviation in Australia The Fokker F. 27 Friendship holds the enviable distinction of being the definitive DC-3 replacement. Considerable effort was put forward by several leading manufacturers to come up with a formula