Month: March 2019

This story from the Australian Aviation archives comes from March 2012, when Owen Zupp took the Gipps Aero GA8-TC on a test flight.

50 years on – how the 747 made aviation history There are few sets of numbers that immediately bring to mind a picture, but 747 is one of them, all thanks to Boeing’s iconic aircraft, the original “jumbo jet”, which made its first flight on February 9, 1969. Of all the aircraft ever produced, the

This story from the January/February 2019 edition of Australian Aviation by Chris Frame looks at the entry-into-service of the Pilatus PC-24 at the RFDS.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the Productivity Commission’s (PC) draft report into the economic regulation of the nation’s airports reached its conclusions without a balanced assessment of the evidence.

Some flight delays are expected at Sydney Airport after the air traffic control tower was evacuated when smoke was detected in the facility.

Reporter Robert Nutbrown says the passenger experience on board a Dassault Falcon 8X flying from Melbourne to Auckland is “smooth, ultra-smooth.”