Brisbane-based training organisation Aviation Australia has launched two unmanned aircraft training programs, a remote pilot course and a maintenance training program. Later this month a partnership with Remote Aviation Australia is set to deliver a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) course. Those who successfully complete the Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot – Visual Line
Australia’s two leading aviation magazines are coming together under a common publisher for the first time with the acquisition of Aviator magazine by Aviator Media Pty Ltd, the publisher of Australian Aviation. The acquisition brings Aviator magazine and Australian Aviation, as well as Australian Defence Business Review (ADBR) magazine, which is published by sister company
The Australian Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society is holding a one-day seminar in June to put the spotlight on three key areas of concern for aviation safety: * Drones: Assimilation into current airspace * Flight Deck: Training standards & the man-machine interface * Airport and Cyber Security: Weaknesses & challenges The event, which will
Brisbane Airport chief executive Julieanne Alroe is the 2018 recipient of the Aviation/Aerospace Australia distinguished leadership award. The awards, handed out at a dinner in Melbourne on Wednesday night, also recognised BAE Systems Australia for its diversity program and RMIT University for its leadership in training, among others. Alroe edged out finalists QinetiQ senior principal
An Australian project to develop a space-based augmentation system (SBAS) that promises navigational accuracy to less than 10 centimetres plans to commence trials in the aviation sector in June. In January 2017, the Commonwealth announced a two-year project to trial a Satellite Based Augmentation System, which uses space-based and ground-based aids to support the Global
It seems apt that thanks to the first non-stop scheduled flight between Australia and the UK we are all taking stock of the technological leap in passenger aviation over the past 70 years. Shift that focus to just a decade after the first true powered flights around 1903 and we are talking not a leap