Australian Aviation

The Australia and New Zealand Aviation Media Awards 2017, presented by the Australasian Aviation Press Club and Australian Aviation Andrew McLaughlin, ADBR managing editor and Australian Aviation contributing editor, has won the aviation journalist of the year award for 2018 at the Australasian Aviation Press Club (AAPC) awards. Airline Ratings editor Steve Creedy was named

Keeping passengers informed in the interest of safety With the volcanic ash spewing into the atmosphere over Bali, travel plans have been thrown into chaos. Flight delays and cancellations have left passengers stranded on either side of the Timor Sea. However, despite the inconvenience, there seems to be a better understating of the situation by

Understanding passenger rights The debate about passenger’s rights has reached almost hysterical levels in the United States with extreme groups making seemingly endless claims about the mistreatment of, and ripping off, of passengers. And while the graphic vision of a 69-year-old doctor being dragged screaming from a United Express plane in Chicago last year is

New Australian airport spaces combine engineering, brand and design Modern airports are incredible works of architecture, whether a colossal shining new-build facility like Beijing’s new airport in Daxing to the south of the city, or any number of older airports consisting of a warren of buildings – connected or not – that have felt the

The amazing treasure trove that was the Sid Marshall collection The Oscar was on show with several other aircraft including Sid’s Spitfire. It is now on display with the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Seattle, Washington. eric allen If you visited Bankstown Airport in the era of the post-World War 2 general aviation boom

Combat power through organisation, part IV The RAAF formalised the organisation of its operational units into Force Element Groups (FEGs) on June 1 1988. The new FEGs were Tactical Fighter Group (TFG), which included the supporting air direction units of the Air Defence Ground Environment (ADGE), Strike Reconnaissance Group (SRG); Maritime Patrol Group (MPG); Air