Marc Joel Atrero

The dangerous activity of low flying Nothing to do with a short haircut, a buzz job is when a pilot needlessly flies an aircraft low to give him/ herself a thrill/give the passengers a thrill or scare/ trying to orbit over a friend’s place or trying to impress someone on the ground – cross out

New AAA Industry Resources One of the benefits that the AAA aims to provide its members is access to informative and useful resources that can help airports manage various aspects of their operations. In recent years the AAA has produced a number of ‘Practice Notes’ that provide best-practice guidance for issues such as emergency planning,

Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of two 787-8s to Jetstar and a Fokker 100 to QantasLink and the departure of two Qantas 767‑300ERs. Qantas ferried A380-842 VH-OQE from Manila to Sydney as QF6009 on August 10 after it completed planned maintenance. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

When regulation is divorced from its practical implications Operators and pilots often get criticised for drifting away from the safety of the mission, lured by money, ego or hazardous attitudes. But what happens when the regulator drifts away from recognising that missions conducted safely for years should not be crippled by regulation? Of course we

Work starts on new NSW Ambulance Bankstown Airport helibase The start of construction work on NSW Ambulance’s new helicopter retrieval and training base at Bankstown Airport was marked with an official sod turning ceremony on September 2. Part of the NSW government’s new $151. 2 million helicopter retrieval network announced last December, the Toll Group

Inmarsat lofts third Global Xpress I-5 satellite into orbit, creating the first and only global broadband internet service for the aviation industry Satellite communications provider Inmarsat is manoeuvring its I-5 F3 satellite into position to complete its Global Xpress worldwide Ka-band connectivity network following a successful launch on August 28. Global Xpress is expected to