Australian Aviation

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news New Spitfire for Australia A new Spitfire has arrived in Australia. The aircraft is an Mk.XVIe, serial TE392. Bought by Fighter Pilot Adventure Flights of Brisbane the aircraft has been under a 10 years restoration program with the Lone Star Flight Museum at Houston, Texas. The museum obtained

Key aircraft movements from across the region Qantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 787-9 to Qantas. 787-9 VH-ZND Emily Kame Kngwarreye was delivered to Qantas in Melbourne on March 2 after ferrying in from Paine Field via Alice Springs and Sydney as QF6026/6628/6629. VH-ZND entered service on March 6

Airlines want it. Airports and tourism businesses want it. The travelling public would love it. So why can’t travelling between Australia and New Zealand for citizens of the two close neighbours be akin to a domestic flight experience? When the Tourism and Transport Forum Australia (TTF) released a report last September pushing for drastic reform

Why you shouldn’t switch fuel tanks prior to takeoff The aircraft taxied onto the runway and turned right. The pilot throttled up for the take-off and just after lift off the engine lost power. The aircraft was force landed beyond the end of the runway. It was severely damaged and the two occupants transported to

The Ditching of Australian Aviation Governance: Pel Air Revisited – Part 1 On 17 November 2009, an Australian aircraft ditched into the ocean off Norfolk Island. Former military transport pilot and now Human Factors specialist, Ben Cook, explains what happened and starts an exploration of the factors – both human and organisational – that contributed

Pay’s Group is perhaps Australia’s most diversified, and highly regarded, family aviation business From crop dusting fields with an old Tiger Moth to conducting life-saving aerial firefighting, it’s fair to say the Pay’s Group has just about done it all in 60 years. Based out of Scone in regional New South Wales, the Group is