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Landing and parking fees are not unreasonable at regional airports I was disappointed to read about the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia’s (AOPA) call to scrap general aviation landing and overnight parking fees at Wagga Wagga recently (Daily Advertiser, January 11 2018). AOPA’s ludicrous claim that the City of Wagga is imposing conditions

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Gold Coast Airport gears up for the Commonwealth Games and beyond Take your pick: straight in or downwind for left base, the view on approach to Runway 14 at the Gold Coast is arguably one of Australia’s best. First, the heady combination of creeks and estuaries, rolling surf, kilometres of beach, ubiquitous canals and canal

The US’s Future Vertical Lift program could result in Australia’s next battlefield helicopter The US military’s effort to introduce the next generation of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft has quite literally taken off, with the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor completing its maiden Flight. The air vehicle concept demonstrator aircraft is being developed under the

A refurbished ex-US Army Black Hawk is fast proving to be a game changer in the world of aerial firefighting. Thanks to a unique partnership struck between Scone-based Pay’s Helicopters and Idahobased Timberline Helicopters, an ex US Army UH-60A Black Hawk, registered N5630J and equipped with a collapsible 3,400 litre multi-shot BBX7590 Bambi bucket, has