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A busy night over Perth

1 Paul Phelan / January 23, 2012 1:00 pm

A stressful half hour or more over Perth on the night of January 3 highlighted an aviation infrastructure problem that has nagged at Perth-bound pilots

Bell Helicopter boosts 429’s credentials
0 Paul Phelan / January 22, 2012 5:18 am
Bell Helicopter’s top-of-the-line 429 light twin helicopter has made two breakthroughs that will further boost its position in a competitive market sector. Already certified for
Tecnam’s strong 2012 kick-off
0 Paul Phelan / January 20, 2012 2:36 am
January’s not over yet but Tecnam has already launched two new products that are bound to hit receptive market spots, as well as boosting the
An all-new challenger from Germany
0 Paul Phelan / January 15, 2012 5:43 am
Avia Aircraft has been named Australian dealer for Extra Aviation’s $1.75M Extra EA‑500 high performance six seat single-engined Spirit turboprop. Now EASA-certified, the EA-500 will

Tecnam’s strong 2012 kick-off January 20, 2012
An all-new challenger from Germany January 15, 2012
The Last Great Southern Adventure – Helicopter Hunting, Fjordland – book review December 21, 2011
Two more whopper choppers for Malaysia December 13, 2011
DA42-NG records stunning fuel economy November 29, 2011
Airbus creates new corporate jet unit November 17, 2011

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Simulator upgrade for AAA0 January 15, 2012 7:20 am
Archerfield based Airline Academy of Australia has installed two advanced flight training simulators to enhance its capacity to train future airline pilots on multiple aircraft
GippsAero sets sights on China market0 October 26, 2011 12:16 pm
Latrobe Valley based GippsAero has united with Chinese aviation company Jinggong General Aviation to launch a mainland China sales distribution and support network for its
Piper’s record twin trainer sale1 October 12, 2011 12:06 am
Piper Aircraft has announced a record sale deal that could result in the purchase of as many as 30 Piper Seminole advanced piston-powered twin-engine training
Timing’s right for single-engine business aircraft0 October 7, 2011 5:48 am
Piper Aircraft Inc. is now promoting the concept of single-engine business aircraft more vigorously than we’ve seen since way back in the 20th century, pushing
Custom powerplant for new German four-seater0 October 4, 2011 2:47 am
Flight Design GmbH has announced it will power its new four seat certified C4 aircraft with Continental Motors’ new six-cylinder IO-360-AF. A full-scale mockup of
A costly lapse for Cessna0 September 24, 2011 3:56 am
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a $2,425,000 civil penalty against Cessna Aircraft after an FAA test pilot carrying out a production audit
A fair cop for Flight Design0 September 9, 2011 7:54 am
Two California county cops made a little bit of history on August 24, when they traveled to Flight Design’s USA headquarters in Woodstock, Connecticut to
Aussie aerobatics pilots miss cut0 September 9, 2011 5:19 am
From Rob Noonan in Foligno, Italy The Australian Aerobatic Team pilots have failed to progress to the final flight program of the World Aerobatic Championships
Aussie aerobatic team fields on world stage0 August 24, 2011 4:29 am
The Australian Aerobatic Team has touched down in Italy and is now in its final preparations for the 2011 World Aerobatic Championships (WAC), kicking off
Help! Aviation slammed by new tax4 July 20, 2011 8:03 am
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s new carbon tax will directly attack vital regional and remote area transport links as well as the cost of a wide

Editorial opinion: Who’s watching the watchers?0 September 6, 2011 2:02 pm
Opinion: Who’s watching the watchers? Updated Sep 8, 2011 The mismanagement of serious safety issues at Archerfield Airport, as we’ve reported today, is far from
Albanese inertia degrades airport safety2 September 6, 2011 4:17 am
Updated Sep 9, 2011 Eight prominent general aviation industry organisations have publicly confronted Infrastructure and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese, saying his decisions have made Brisbane’s
Remote control for outback towers?1 June 2, 2011 10:41 am
if it all works out, the friendly controller clearing you to land at Alice Springs may be watching the action from a pseudo-tower in faraway
Mayday at Archerfield1 March 17, 2011 2:45 am
Unless you’re happy to see Archerfield Airport’s utility to general aviation further degraded, your help is urgently needed. The Archerfield Airport Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Airports get their heads together0 February 1, 2011 5:55 am
From the community lifelines of the Top End and the Torres Strait to thriving provincial centres from Broome to Bundaberg, airports are a vital part
Breakthrough on Caloundra Airport’s future4 September 2, 2010 7:51 am
After a battle lasting for over a decade, the following verbatim transcript from yesterday’s Queensland Hansard will be causing some celebration around the Sunshine Coast:
Whitsunday airport living update0 August 23, 2010 1:40 am
Whitsunday Aviation Village Estate (Yes, WAVE.) which we covered when its home-and-hangar land packages were first launched, is now heading in to its second development
Dragster threat to Casino airport.28 July 5, 2010 2:39 am
Casino’s aviation community is outraged at a bid to close their airport for up to twelve days a year to allow drag racing events. Two
Can we fly to Canberra again?0 June 17, 2010 2:36 am
Flying yourself in and out of Canberra might be about to get as easy and pleasant as it used to be when the world’s most
Bankstown airport developers go belly up0 June 1, 2010 5:08 am
The company that was set up to convert about half of Bankstown airport to non-aviation commercial property following privatisation has collapsed, leaving a trail of

A busy night over Perth1 January 23, 2012 1:00 pm
A stressful half hour or more over Perth on the night of January 3 highlighted an aviation infrastructure problem that has nagged at Perth-bound pilots
PNG Dash 8 crash findings0 October 29, 2011 12:10 pm
Papua New Guinea’s Accident Investigation Commission has released its preliminary report on the fatal crash of an Airlines PNG Dash 8 near Madang on October
Approach distractions caused Qantas “go-around”0 October 18, 2011 9:58 pm
The crew of a Qantas Boeing 767–300 had to fly a missed approach procedure because “several interruptions and distractions” resulted in a breakdown in the
PNG Investigators will explore possible double engine failure.0 October 18, 2011 5:43 am
An official with Papua New Guinea’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has said “mechanical fault” appears to be the most likely cause of last Thursday’s Dash
Cockpit automation – It needed to be said2 September 28, 2011 2:17 pm
Everybody from the first-time tourist traveller to the qualified airline transport pilot setting out on a career, is easily bamboozled by the avalanche of public
Bankstown crash highlights airport development risk0 September 26, 2011 3:56 am
Updated 1700 LMT Sep 26 A Basair Cessna 152, taking off on Runway 11 Right at about 0900 today, apparently experienced an engine failure after
From PNG – another CFIT accident1 August 23, 2011 4:02 am
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Papua New Guinea (CASA PNG) has released a comprehensive preliminary report on the fatal crash of a Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)
Air carriers’ fixes for A330 problems0 August 1, 2011 1:43 pm
Updated August 4, 2011 Airbus A330 operators around the world have already anticipated and implemented several of the recommendations released by France’s air safety investigator
ExecuJet leads in global safety initiative0 July 21, 2011 8:08 am
ExecuJet Australasia has become the world’s first Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) fixed wing operator to be audited and accredited with zero findings. The company
Hero of Qantas QF32 incident briefs industry peers on emergency landing0 July 4, 2011 5:05 am
The Qantas captain who landed flight QF32 in Singapore after an uncontained engine explosion gave a minute-by-minute account recently during his first public appearance since

Birds? What birds?18 November 30, 2011 9:33 am
Updated December 10, 2011 An Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) decision delivered on October 12 has a large number of people in aviation – particularly helicopter
Industry group calls for Senate enquiry2 November 29, 2011 4:09 am
A group of industry identities has launched a petition to the Senate, seeking its support for a statement of no confidence in the current Director
CASA back in court with Polar1 October 23, 2011 12:56 pm
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s long-standing legal stoush with Port Hedland based Polar Aviation Pty Ltd and its proprietor Clark Butson will be back in
US aviators win Senate support for a Pilots Bill of Rights1 July 9, 2011 5:07 am
Washington, D.C. July 6, 2011 Senator Jim Inhofe, a US Republican Senator from Oklahoma, today introduced proposed USA legislation to establish a Pilot’s Bill of
What are we waiting for? – Opinion1 July 7, 2011 11:22 pm
There isn’t a single high-capacity RPT carrier flying in Australia today which hasn’t experienced incidents or accidents that represented “a serious and imminent risk to
Another knockback for regulation by policy14 June 2, 2011 4:04 am
Private helicopter owner/pilot Richard Green has won a long drawn-out confrontation with CASA, which had refused to renew the Instrument that set out his aircraft
Policy is not law – AAT buckets CASA decision2 March 22, 2011 12:53 pm
An Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision yesterday [March 21] declared a long-disputed CASA policy to be “unlawful,” raising questions over a host of past decisions and
The Aviation Loose Cannon Association0 March 10, 2011 7:18 am
Back in January a CASA official who should have known better apparently had a rush of blood to the brain, and decided unilaterally to suspend
A time for intervention – opinion7 February 25, 2011 10:27 am
It’s really time that somebody – such as the Senate Estimates Committee – critically scrutinised the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s dedication to its commitments under
Don’t just take our word for it0 January 31, 2011 5:25 am
Comment It is arguable that the new CASR Part 42 one-size-fits-all maintenance rules dated December 10 2010, do not meet one single intent of the

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Enstrom begins Thai fleet deliveries

August 1, 2011

Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has delivered the first three of a total of 16, 480B turbine training/utility helicopters to the Royal Thai Army. The delivery took

Air carriers’ fixes for A330 problems

August 1, 2011

Updated August 4, 2011 Airbus A330 operators around the world have already anticipated and implemented several of the recommendations released by France’s air safety investigator

A helicopter simulator like no other

July 19, 2011

If I’d been in a real live Bell 206 Jetranger, my future as a helicopter pilot would have had less than a minute to run.

Shame on Indonesia, BAN LIVE EXPORTS

June 1, 2011

Although we’re an aviation publication, from time to time issues come along that manage to stir the blood. As many of our readers would be

HondaJet soars to 43,000 ft max operating altitude

May 19, 2011

Honda Aircraft Company announced on Tuesday its Honda Jet has successfully completed additional milestone flight tests with its FAA-conforming HondaJet, including the achievement of a

Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid chopper exceeds speed target

May 16, 2011

Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has pushed the frontiers in rotary-wing aviation by surpassing its original speed target of 220 kts, demonstrating the compound aircraft’s

Air France tragedy – all data recovered, say investigators

May 16, 2011

Air safety investigators searching for the reasons why an Air France Airbus A330 crashed into the Atlantic two years ago confirmed yesterday they have recovered

Helicopters at their best

January 19, 2011

If you see him coming, better step aside! You not going to believe this machine until you’ve seen it. Start with a cheeky little Eurocopter

Piper dumps Czech LSA builder

January 14, 2011

An increasingly tense relationship has finally forced Piper Aircraft to end its business partnership with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft (CSA) to market that company’s

Seabird Seeker – Visual Flying

December 14, 2010

Most general aviation pilots have at some point found themselves cursing the lack of vision in a particular manoeuvre, most commonly in a steep turn.

Affordable Simulation

December 9, 2010

If straight-through airline pilot training stays on its current course, then I’ve just flown the answer to its prayers – or at least to some

Extra 500 turboprop for Australia

December 9, 2010

Denver-based Extra Aircraft has appointed of Extra Aviation Australasia as exclusive Asia Pacific Rim distributor of its Extra 500 Spirit. Based at Archerfield Airport, Extra will

Tecnam’s P2006 twin – a sneak preview

April 23, 2009

Wagga Air Centre’s Chris Cabot has been flying light twins on his night freight network long enough to be cynical about engine-out performance. So when

Brumby Aircraft Australia

November 6, 2008

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