A Gippsaero GA8 Airvan will embark on a sales and demonstration tour of Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East from July. The tour is the second tour of the region to be conducted by Airvan distributor Hawker Pacific, and will start in the Philippines. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
The popular quarterly periodical Aero Australia magazine has been bought from nextmedia by Wilson Media. Owned by magazine Editor Stewart Wilson and wife Wendy Wilson, Aero is a quarterly aviation magazine produced at Bungendore near Canberra. It was launched in 2003 with Stewart Wilson at the helm, and covers all genres of aviation. This content
Former Vice Chief of Defence Force, AIRMSHL Mark Binskin, has been promoted to Air Chief Marshal and sworn in as the nation’s new Chief of Defence Force in a ceremony in Canberra on June 30. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of
A consortium of companies led by Matt Hall Racing has settled its acquisition of the former Belmont Airport site on Lake Macquarie near Newcastle. The consortium is led by former RAAF pilot Matt Hall’s Red Bull Air Race, aerobatic and corporate flight business, and also includes Airborne, Newcastle Helicopters, and Skydive the Beach. Contracts for
A student from Lower Templestowe in Victoria has been awarded the Sir Reginald Ansett Scholarship for Aviation at Swinburne University. The scholarship, which was established to honour the legacy of aviation pioneer Sir Reginald Ansett, was awarded to Samuel Ibrahim, and is worth $30,000 over three years of study for the a student undertaking a Bachelor of
James David (Jim) Hazelton died on June 10 at his Turners Flat home in northern NSW after a long battle with illness. He was 10 days short of his 83rd birthday. Family members and Jim’s wife Pam were by his side when he died. A modest person, Jim was and one of the greatest aviators