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September 19, 2017 0 commentAustralia may not have operated an aircraft carrier in 35 years but the RAN’s two amphibious assault ships boast very substantial aviation capabilities Forty years ago, the navy’s new aircraft carrier to replace the venerable HMAS Melbourne appeared to be on the way and what better aircraft to equip it with than the revolutionary Sea
Read moreFlight in the Age of Selfies
September 18, 2017 0 commentThere’s no ‘I’ in passenger I recently climbed a mountain. Well, really it was just a very big hill with a carved path, stairways and handrails. However, like a mountain, it boasted spectacular views from the peak from the land to the sea. As one would rightly expect, such breathtaking scenery often positions the viewer
Read moreSleep dreams
September 18, 2017 0 commentFrom hub buster to jetlag buster Anyone who has ever made the journey between Australia to Europe knows the feeling of either being unable to stay awake at three o’clock in the afternoon or staring at the bedroom wall at 300AM eyes wide open. The 24 hours of flying, the up to 11 hours’ time
Read moreAvoiding wirestrikes
September 18, 2017 0 commentAAAA launches new industry-supported powerline safety program AAAA recently launch a major safety initiative aimed squarely at improving aviation safety around powerlines and is being joined by an increasing number of safety focussed supporters. Long term safety partner Essential Energy has been joined by Ergon Energy, QBE Aviation Insurance and CASA as foundation safety partners
Read moreReplacing the replacements
September 18, 2017 0 commentThe 1977 annual of Australian Aviation & Defence Review was a groundbreaking publication for this then 11-year-old writer. I had already well and truly been bitten by the aviation bug, and had for a couple of years been writing away to aerospace companies requesting brochures and posters of their various fast jet products, most of
Read moreMalaysia must act
September 18, 2017 0 commentNew analysis points to MH370’s final resting place The Malaysian Government can no longer evade its responsibilities to locate MH370 after the dramatic revelations last month from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau that identify an almost precise location of the missing jet. The further refined drift analysis by CSIRO scientist David Griffin and Peter Oke
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