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  Last year was perhaps the most hectic and bizarre of most of our working lives. And so Momentum Media, the company that owns Australian Aviation alongside a raft of other brands, decided to arrange an overnight conference and Christmas party for all its staff in the Hunter Valley. In order to allow us to

Air Commodore Tim Alsop discusses the training exercise that put the F-35 through its paces alongside the E-7A Wedgetail, F/A-18A Hornets and KC-30A Tankers The F-35 is designed to be the most technologically advanced air combat capability ever fielded by the RAAF, combining low observability, unprecedented levels of sensor fusion and next generation weapons. But,

In 1959, more than a quarter of Australia’s registered aircraft were Tiger Moths. Eric Allen examines the contribution of the famous warbird for military and various civil uses   ‘It was possible to acquire surplus Tiger Moths through the Commonwealth Disposals Commission for typically £100’ This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

‘Australia has become far too reliant on firefighting aircraft borrowed from other countries ’   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 device. If you check this

Key aircraft movements from across the region REPATRIATIONS An Air New Zealand repatriation flight took Tongan citizens stranded since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic home from Auckland on 4 August. The 787-9 Dreamliner, ZK-NZI msn 37965, arrived at Fua‘amotu International Airport just before 1:30pm local time. The airline said it was the first flight

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and air show news RAAF CLASSIC HORNET FOR AWM The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is to get an F/A-18A ‘Classic’ Hornet.  The former RAAF fighter is one of the so called ‘Classic’ models that are being progressively retired as the 72 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters are introduced into service. The AWM