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The building of Butterworth Australia’s strategic commitment to South-East Asia The last two On Target columns traced the decade-long evolution of an expanding Australian commitment to South-East Asia commencing with the outbreak of the Malayan Emergency in 1948, the signing of the ‘Manila Pact’ which established the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) in September 1954,

Well played Is there a pilot shortage? It’s a question that seems to confront the aviation industry with semi-regularity every decade or so. And in the past while there have been cyclical pressures on pilot numbers, invariably the airline industry, at least in Australia and New Zealand, could rely upon the next economic downturn, with

If you can’t ride the lows, then you don’t deserve the highs The 2018 Red Bull Air Race World Championship season has been nothing short of a rollercoaster for our team. We began the year in Abu Dhabi with a heavy race plane, yet still netted a solid fifth place. Then we scored back-to-back wins

Getting together Gearing up for the National Conference November will see more than 600 delegates descend on Brisbane for the 2018 AAA National Conference. The conference is always a real highlight on our annual calendar and provides a rare chance for airport representatives from across Australia to come together to discuss their achievements, challenges and

Gear for Australian aviators Pulse Oximeters The higher we fly, the less dense the air is. To that end as pilots we can easily become hypoxic so there are regulatory rules we follow (CAO 20.4) to ensure we have sufficient O2 to keep us lucid at the controls. In an unpressurised aircraft (not conducting parachute

Airports 10, 20 or even 30 years from now will look very different to the facilities we see across Australia and New Zealand today. Radically different ground transportation, seamless self-service passenger experience, virtual digital control towers and airports that serve as destinations in themselves are all on the horizon. The ongoing boom in travel demand