Australian Aviation

Unmanned systems finally taking off in ADF service When Australian troops first deployed to Afghanistan in late 2002, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had no unmanned aircraft and not much experience beyond some trials, which did show the vast potential for this technology. Sixteen years on, the ADF is becoming a UAS (unmanned aerial systems)

Traveller beware the increasingly fragmented airline experience What does an economy class ticket buy you these days? How about business class, or premium economy? Those are increasingly hard questions to answer. More than ever before, airlines are blurring the lines between the classes of services as they seek to split their markets into segments. This

A final frontier Nonstop flights between Vietnam and the US are on the horizon There aren’t many country pairs around the globe today that don’t have direct non-stop flights connecting them. Flying between Australia and the UK is one of them but that’s about to come to an end this month (March) when Qantas Airways

The A-4 Skyhawk joins Australia’s Fleet Air Arm The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk evolved from chief engineer Ed Heinemann’s concerns at the trend of increasingly heavier combat aircraft with degraded performance and increased cost. Held in high affection by its pilots and maintainers, the aircraft was given several nicknames, such as Scooter and Heinemann’s hotrod, which

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news Two Fokkers for Hars! The HARS airliner collection expands yet again! From New Zealand HARS has obtained two Fokker F27 Friendships previously operated by Airwork Flight Operations of Manukau. ZH-POH, c/n 10680, was struck off the NZ register on January 16 to surface on the Australian register as

2018 is looking good as a year AAAA’s outlook for the coming year is unusually optimistic – including on the regulatory front. Recent media coverage has started to shine a light on the pilot shortage and short-term visa changes, but it is yet to make the links between those issues and the underpinning causes of