Year: 2018

Reflections of a Centurion A boy tells his father he wants to be a pilot when he grows up. His father says “That’s good son, but you can’t do both…” I reflected on this line of thinking recently as I joined 14 of my mates from the RAAF’s No 151 Pilots Course at the graduation

Aviation industry veteran Tony Mathews has been appointed the new chairman of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) for a three-year term.

Standing on the bank of the Brisbane River watching a F-111 perform the spectacular dump and burn, the highlight of the city’s annual Riverfire fireworks display, David decided that was just what he wanted to do. Now Flying Officer David has completed introductory fighter training on the Hawk lead-in fighter. Next step is No 2

The latest podcast from Australian Aviation talks with Vincent Aiello, a 25-year veteran of the United States Navy and qualified Top Gun instructor.

Hovering slowly and precisely along the taxiway I couldn’t help but be reminded of the time I flew a Harrier T.Mk10. I’d thought that the Harrier was an incredible flying machine, but the F-35 is something else! In fact, as soon as I sat down onto the Martin-Baker Mk16 ejection seat it was immediately apparent

Qantas took delivery of its first Boeing 747 on August 16 1971, which means the type has been in the airline’s fleet for 47 years.