Marc Joel Atrero

Miniature ‘smart’ UAVs make cost-effective sense for emergency services Amid the global proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), two local versions stand out – the Insitu Pacific Scan Eagle and the V-TOL Aerospace Warrigal. Their potential in roles supporting search and rescue, and in flood and fire aerial reconnaissance represent a watershed opportunity for emergency

The facts Funding airport infrastructure The facts Everyone agrees that a new runway at Brisbane Airport is necessary – the extra capacity is needed for the increasing number of flights and to reduce delays in arrival and departure times. The runway is needed to ensure Australia’s flight networks are not impacted by the flow-on effect

There are no new aircraft types shown in this month’s New Allocations listing, but there are some very interesting aircraft worth commenting on. Peter Ashley’s Oldfield Super Baby Lakes VH-AVV is only the second of its type on the local register although there are two of the smaller-engined Baby Lakes on the RA-Aus register. This

Avalon shows there is more to flying than regulations and rules Avalon And All That For a budding commercial pilot or even a flight the Australian International Airshow it was a great place to look over the displayed aircraft. The aircraft on display had so many things of interest to educate a CPL or instructor

The ongoing challenges of regional aviation As always the regional aviation space is full of challenging issues. Not the least of them are the new flight and duty requirements under CAO 48. 1 that are being gazetted in April this year. The new requirements will mean considerable extra cost for operators, due to having to

The value of aerial support continues to be proved Summer has ended and another bushfire season has seen many homes, crops, parks and businesses saved by aerial fire-fighting. Of course, the aviation fire-fighting effort is in support of the volunteer bushfire brigades who do the hard, grinding work on the ground of getting the fire