Marc Joel Atrero

Jim Thorn Interviews John Menadue Qantas is in a fighting mood as it enters what will historically become a crucial period of its long history. Ongoing air battles are in prospect with the United States due to the breakdown of the bilateral agreement on the important Pacific routes, a hint of partial privatisation is in

The First of a Two Part Series Describing One of the Classic Aircraft of World War II and According to Its Many Devotees, the Best Fighter of Its Era. In This First Installment, the Mustang’s Design and Development During Wwii Is Described North American P-51 Mustang Part 1 Whether or not the 1944 Truman Senate

The evolution of civil aircraft technology has been characterised by a drive towards three goals: greater safety, greater operational reliability and a reduction in the actual cost of flying from place to place. This evolution has now been overshadowed by another, more widespread in its application – microcircuit technology. Avionics have at last come of

Museum Mirages With the progressive introduction of the F/A-18 Hornet as the RAAF’s front-line fighter defence, high-time Mirage fighters are being gradually taken out of service. Some of these Mirages are going to museums and at 3. 00pm on the 31st of March Mirage A3-3 made its final landing before going on static display in

International Visitors The star attraction of the period was the arrival in Melbourne of a Uruguayan-registered DC-8 freighter. Aero Uruguay brought their DC-8-55F CX-BLN to Melbourne on April 19th. The DC-8 is positioned in to operate a pig charter to Singapore and Colombo on April 21st. DC-8-55F c/n 45804 was built in 1966 on order

“There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to describe what goes on inside a pilot’s gut when he sees a SAM get airborne. ” Cdr Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, USN, 5 NVAF MiGs confirmed. Evading the Guided Missile Guided missiles are an integral part of modern aerial warfare. In the last three decades, a profusion of types and