Australian Aviation

The US Navy commits to the Super Hornet Block III, will the RAAF follow? Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will be able to fly further, fly for longer, see more clearly and process more information thanks to a planned service life extension program plus a series of capability upgrades that will bring the jet to a

New security screening requirements would be hugely damaging The RAAA understands that the government is now seriously considering introducing enhanced screening procedures for all passengers and their baggage at regional, rural and remote airports. This is in spite of the excellent intelligence-driven and risk-based approach applied to regional airport security over the past years. This

Age and becoming a (commercial) pilot Recently, a budding pilot asked me if 50 was too old to start a flying career. Sounds like a simple question, I mulled it over for a while and soon came to the realisation that it was in fact, not simple at all. I am a fully-blown card-carrying member

Surviving high-intensity warfare It was the 19th century British prime minister Lord Palmerston who famously remarked that in international relations there are “no eternal allies … only interests”. Palmerston’s hard-headed world view has particular relevance for small and medium nations that find themselves drawn into high-intensity warfare. The October 1973 war in the Middle East

Qantas runs the roler over a Project Sunrise contender It was really interesting to be among the small media group onboard the demonstration flight of Airbus’s A350-1000 over Sydney and surrounds in mid-February. Interesting, yes, because it was my first flight in any A350, let alone the brand new A350-1000 – the 10-year old kid

Another day, another aviation minister After a tumultuous few months in federal politics where the political and media focus has been on everything except the business of running the country, it is fair for industries like aviation to ask, ‘whatever happened to policy?’. For those running businesses in this environment, the nature of modern politics