Marc Joel Atrero

Aopa Fights for General Aviation’s Survival In the 1950’s, 60’s and early 70’s general aviation in Australia flourished. Private and sport flying became increasingly popular. Cessna, Piper and Beechcraft aircraft were being imported in record numbers and Australia had a local manufacturer, Victa, producing and exporting an Australian-designed light aircraft. Those were the high times.

General Aviation and the military are traditional sources of airline recruits. In Australia, the prospect of flying for Qantas usually has droves of young Cessna and RAAF pilots reaching for their Sunday best. However, while many are called, few are chosen. In this special article Peter Gamble analyses just what is required in your attempt

Jindalee Gets the Go-Ahead A Project Definition Study will determine the further design and development of the Australian-developed Over-the-HorizonRadar (OTHR), which to date has been the experimental Jindalee project. It also will determine which are the best locations from a technical viewpoint to site three more OTHRs, other than the present one at Alice Springs.

The combat pilot of the future, faced with a sudden, catastrophic emergency while flying at 800km/h, 30m from the ground, could be out of the aircraft and parachuting to safety even before his mind has had time to register the danger. The decision to use the aircraft’s ejection seat and to take the vital actions

Great to see lots of hand-held radios at the Navy Air Day, Nowra and the Air Display at Bankstown Airport in October. The numbers indicate a certain increase in monitoring and this activity as a leisure pursuit is certainly being taken as seriously as it deserves. Air Vanuatu flights are no longer being operated by

The third of the new generation commuters to enter Australian service is the European ATR42. To appreciate how these new technology projects are changing the face of regional operations, Australian Aviation travelled north to where Queensland is replacing its Friendships with new ATRs. Air Queensland and the ATR42 In the late 1970s the state aerospace