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Flight Lieutenant Bill Newton, VC Flight Lieutenant William Ellis “Bill” Newton was the only RAAF winner of the Victoria Cross in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. Born in St Kilda in 1919, Newton was educated at Melbourne Grammar School. A big man, he was a fine AFL player and also played cricket (alongside

High-risk, high-reward Budapest has never been a race of great results for me. I was third there in 2016 and again this year, but there’s been nothing higher after five attempts. This race is a one, we race downtown on the Danube and to start it you need to fly under the famous chain bridge.

A Day with the Cessna Citation Latitude Without announcement, James Wilson moves quietly through the Hawker Pacific FBO at Sydney Airport, nav bag in hand and wearing an anonymous grey jacket, except for the Textron logo on the left breast. It’s another day, in another city, demonstrating the Cessna Citation Latitude for yet another client.

Ensuring our regional attractions are not out of reach for international tourists The Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia’s recent report on unlocking the tourism potential in our northern regions highlighted the important role the aviation sector will play in building our tourism offering beyond our capital cities. With so many natural attractions available to

The world’s oldest pilot hangs up his flying boots Squadron Leader Phil Frawley retired from the RAAF at the end of June, concluding a long flying career in which he’s piloted everything from Mirages, Hornets and C130s to Fokker DR1, P40 and Avenger warbirds. Six months more and he could have made a full half

Aviation gets a very bad press Back in the dark distant past, in a time before the internet and social media, a young airline pilot walked into a busy terminal, abuzz with passengers going about their business. One of their number approached the pilot and asked what the white trails were that criss-crossed the sky