An AviationAdvertiser study has revealed growing nationwide alarm over the future of provincial, rural and capital city secondary airports. Not only airport users, but also community figures are now becoming more conscious of the malpractices and neglect that threaten existing airports that form a vital part of the national transport infrastructure.  Airport users blame departmental inertia, indifference, and in some cases negligence, along with political don’t-want-to-know-about-it attitudes, to the plight of these airports.

Gippsland Aeronautics (GA) is negotiating with a potential equity partner as it prepares for expansion into new markets.  Airvan also now has Argentinean certification, with a demonstrator now sold to its distributor Aerotec in Mendoza, Argentina.  Co-founding director George Morgan says that although the equity deal is not yet over the line, the new potential partner is a large overseas multinational which has equity in companies all over the world, and which specialises in technologies.  The Latrobe Valley based manufacturer has won certification for the turbocharged variant of its eight-seat utility GA8 Airvan in Europe and the USA, and is already building a prototype turboprop GA10…

Imagine finding yourself at the controls of a heavy jet bomber that just accidently became airborne, …

Opinion Editorial – Paul Phelan,
Two years and two months ago, a Jetstar Airbus A320 jet laden …

Mooney Airplane Company’s latest product, the M20R Ovation 2 GX (glass cockpit) has now won global certification status following European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA certification.  The long-range single-engine piston aircraft cruises at a top speed of 190 knots (ktas) at its 20,000 feet service ceiling, or for longer reach it offers an incredible 1,860 nm range at a cruising speed of 173 ktas (320 kph).

Released this week was news that a 33.3% equity stake in the 76 hectares of lease hold land surrounding Bankstown Airport would be put on the market, represented by commercial property group, Colliers International.  News of the equity sale comes as no surprise to those following the Bankstown Airport saga and raises…

The latest Brumby Commercial from Brumby Australia.

It is with great sadness that I announce that a great new friend and business partner of mine, Mr Tom Moon, was killed today in an accident during a practice air show display sequence at Temora.  I first met Tom at the Coffs Harbor air show in 2008, and since then have enjoyed the many discussions we have shared regarding aviation, business and all things flying.

As many of you are aware, back in November 2008, I forwarded a letter to the Department of Transport, asking Minister Albanese for answers. Imagine my surprise when I received the anticipated yellow Australian Government envelope in the mail this week!  As we know, Ministers do not write these letters personally, they rely on departmental officials (or in some cases political advisors) to draft them. My letter was apparently handed down…

It’s 9:00am Wednesday morning and I open my email inbox to find the ‘Sydney Metro Flyer’ newsletter from Bankstown Airport Limited. Taking 2 minutes to read through it, you quickly discover why Kim Ellis, Bankstown Airport Limited CEO has earned the reputation that he has.  Following on from our feature interview with Clamback and Hennessy, I made a call requesting an over the phone interview with Kim Ellis….

ACCC Powerless to Help Aviation

Key Australian aviation writer, Mr Paul Phelan, provides an important overview of the current situation on the emerging airport monopolies and the apparent inability for the federal governments consumer competition watchdog ( The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) to do anything about it.

Four new pilots from four countries and four continents will join the Red Bull Air Race …

Unscathed

Have you ever opened your email to find a friend or an associate has sent you a video gem?  This afternoon I was sent this video of a Tiger Moth performing a forced landing with a passenger on board.  Take a look and see if you can spot the problem with this otherwise text-book landing.

Don’t worry, almost everyone walks away from this one unscathed.

In the past 5 years we have seen massive expansion in the recreational aviation space. Worldwide there has been an incredible light-sport manufacturing boom, reminiscent of the General Aviation glory days of the 1970’s and 80’s.  Just a short hop from Sydney, some 40 mins flying time and you can find yourself at the home base of one of Australia’s newest LSA players.

Privatisation. Land Developers vs. The Little Guy
Article posted on the 2nd of November 2008, by Ben …

Big, Bulbous, Blunt and Beautiful.

With the number of sport aircraft online with us growing, we thought we should make the journey and place some faces to the growing list of SAAA names.

Having loaded up the car, the intrepid Aviation Advertiser team (Arno Smit our Web Guy, Max Miller our National Advertising Manager and I) armed with our cameras, red-shirts…