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The Fleet Air Arm marks 100 years of Australian naval aviation 2017 has been a significant year for the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. Historically, it has marked the centenary of naval aviation and yet, with an eye to the future, by year’s end it will have seen the completion of a major re-capitalisation project, which

The Defence Aviation Safety Regulation aligns Australia with an emerging global convention on military airworthiness used by around 30 other nations. One year since being implemented the benefits are considerable. According to the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal ‘Leo’ Davies it is a “seminal moment” in the organisation’s history. He of all people should

Qantas re-ups on A380s with new seats It’s been almost ten years since Qantas took delivery of VH-OQA, its first Airbus A380, named Nancy-Bird Walton. (no known relation to your columnist), and in the decade since many have asked whether the big jet was too much aircraft for Qantas’ needs. But in a decision that

Bilateral Air Services Agreements are the hub around which international airlines ply their trade, designating where they can fly and how many flights they can operate. Many want them replaced by multilateral treaties, bringing more freedom to the world’s skies… but don’t hold your breath for an early breakthrough. There’s no doubt that Stephen Borthwick

Now 70 years after first flight the Beaver continues to operate and thrive in numbers around the globe Leading up to the first flight in 1947, the Beaver design was greatly influenced by the bush pilots who asked that a new bush plane would have so many of the things their existing aircraft types did

Cathay Pacific remains unswayed at the need for an LCC Give Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways full marks for stubbornness. One of the heavyweights of the Asian airline industry, it has definitely hit a wall, recently reporting a half-year net loss of A$333, its worst six month result in more than two decades. It could