Marc Joel Atrero

While red ink, groundings, cutbacks and rebrandings dominate the headlines, a booming area just west of Brisbane is well worth a visit. Ramblers Skydiving centre, Queensland’s largest, at Toogoolawah, hosted the Skysisters over Easter-Anzac Day weekend, attracting female jumpers from many locations. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

It is now more than two years since the current defence white paper was released. Titled Defending Australia in the Asia-Pacific Century, that paper seemed to indicate a shift away from supporting US-led expeditionary wars of choice (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan), towards a more independent strategy of shaping and controlling events in our own region. In

We now have the detail on the carbon tax and it is not good news for regional aviation. Apparently regional carriers are part of the 500 ‘big polluters’ and need another tax to encourage them to change their behaviour. The fact is that regional aviation contributes around 0. 2 per cent to the country’s total

Fuel. It is the stuff that powers the engine, be it a piston or turbine. Without it the pilot becomes a worry to the insurance company and yet each year aircraft run out of fuel in flight. The reasons for this are many and varied but the basic reason is simply not planning to have

The annual AAAA Convention was a great success, with Adelaide playing host to several hundred aerial application professionals, all with a renewed sense of confidence after the best season in decades. A sold-out trade show ensured there was plenty to discuss, ranging from new aircraft, engines and equipment to pilot insurance, superannuation and aircraft maintenance

New Zealand Spitfire Damaged A rare two seat Spitfire was damaged during a landing at Masterton aerodrome on 15 June. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this