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Former RAAF pilot Alexander Robinson is the co-founder of Airly, an app to book business jet flights. Here, he discusses why training with new technologies can deliver an improved pilot experience During the Christmas to New Year lull, I went down a Google rabbit hole of aviation-related interests, and downloaded a new iOS app released

I have been a part of the aviation industry for just over 25 years. First learning to fly when I was 16 and moving through the industry from general aviation in outback Australia to regional airlines and then major airlines. My primary employment is an airline pilot for a major airline with a background in

Once again Aero Circus takes a light-hearted look at some Australians who have helped shape aviation into what it is today. Join us as we strap into the orange DeLorean, fire up the brown flux capacitor, set the destination for 1974 and accelerate down the runway to 88 knots In the 1960s and ’70s the

Emil Cooper shot this Classic Hornet being farewelled by No. 77 Squadron over Nobbys Beach, Newcastle, on 10 December 2020. The aircraft in question, A21-39, was delivered to the RAAF in 1988, is the Commanding Officer’s and was flown on the day by Wing Commander Jason ‘Easty’ Easthope (CO of 77SQN). It’s painted in a

As the flight continued the pilot failed to notice that the RPM was slowly winding down accompanied with a little vibration from the engine. Eventually the engine stopped. The pilot called ‘Mayday’ and made a forced landing. The engine was found to be OK. The verdict, carby icing.  Carburettor icing has been around in normally

As anyone who has met him can attest, Aero Circus’ resident Instructor Fabrice is not a true-blue Aussie, at least in terms of his language. Whether he is an Australian pretending to be French, or a Frenchman pretending to be Australian is a matter for another article. But the fact remains, as a non-native English