Marc Joel Atrero

Changes to the CASA Register, as of May 2026 REG / MANUFACTURER / TYPE / SERIAL No. / CURRENT OWNER / CURRENT OWNER REG. DATE / CURRENT OPERATOR / CURRENT OPERATOR REG. DATE / INITIAL REG. DATE 22A / CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION / SR22 / 10637 / CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION / 15/4/2026 / CIRRUS DESIGN

All the changes from CASA’s aircraft register, as analysed by Hannah Dowling. This quarter, a historic Spitfire joins the register alongside even more new jets at the majors.

 An Australian Aviation reader is looking for help finding a place for a massive time capsule of photographic slides from Sydney Airport spanning the better part of a half-century.

CASA, can you hear me? CASA, can you see me? CASA, can you help me work out your new Register data file system? I beg. Another quarter of desperately trying (and failing) to understand the inner workings of these complex data sheets, and while some progress has been made, it is apparent to me that my

In this extract from her memoir, “Touching the Sky”, Deborah Lawrie recounts her history-making inaugural flight as Australia’s first female commercial pilot at a major airline.

In 1980, Deborah Lawrie entered the halls of aviation legends by becoming Australia’s first female commercial airline pilot following a four-year battle with Ansett. Now, more than 45 years on, she is the world’s oldest female commercial pilot and spoke to Australian Aviation following the release of a memoir looking back on her trailblazing career.