Year: 2018

Gear for Australian aviators Although aviation as an industry hasn’t embraced the digital era with the same enthusiasm as many others, one area we’ve experienced a boom in tech. is the action video camera market. From the cockpits of jumbos, Robbos, cubs and Warthogs, the action video camera has captured nearly every phase of flight,

Accuracy another victim of Lion Air loss By the time this column is in the public domain, the loss of Lion Air Flight 610 will be relatively old news by modern standards. More details will have dribbled out and thousands upon thousands of words will have been written, dissecting, discussing and speculating on every aspect

News briefs from across aviation AIR NEW ZEALAND NEWS Air New Zealand and turboprop airliner manufacturer ATR said on November 9 they had signed an agreement to look at the use of hybrid technology to power regional aircraft. The partnership would “explore the role new propulsion technologies could play in the future of the regional

An interview with David Lowy Hard rocker, Spitfire pilot, aerobatic champion, aviation museum benefactor, businessman and philanthropist, David Lowy is a pilot with a difference. Part of the entrepreneurial Lowy family – his father Frank founded the Westfield Group – he has led a life less ordinary. A successful business career sees Lowy in charge

These proud parrots are all but deceased They called them parrots, or even plastic parrots – the gaily painted CT-4 basic trainers in which a generation of Australian Defence Force (ADF) pilots made a first, anxious solo flight. Soon the CT-4 will end ADF service for a second time, with the final RAAF and Navy

New tech can help keep birds at bay Birds, animals and now drones … unlike the workforce and paying passengers, they are among the most unwelcome visitors to an airport with the capacity to cause untold harm. A solid fence can provide a good first line of defence against many interlopers, and while avian radar