Australian Aviation

Preparing for journey’s end For every take-off there has to be a landing. When one thinks of an arrival at the base or destination airport the thought is usually just one of the circuit, flaps, speed and touch-down. But there is more to the arrival than that. Without making a meal of it the arrival

Only one new type is shown in the New Allocations this issue but it is probably the most interesting that we have seen for some time. The Elson Space Engineering Haleiso 150 BNF is a high altitude research balloon which is in Australia for a project which the operators do not wish to publicise until

The Flying Training Action Group (FTAG) is a new RAAA initiative and preliminary work with this group has already begun. The RAAA is working with all interested Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) by considering how we might best capture the key stress points in their businesses and to then develop a targeted plan with detailed steps

The USAAF 49th Fighter Group over Darwin This year has seen many 75th anniversaries of battles and campaigns from the darkest hours of 1942, with the Battle of the Coral Sea (4 to 8 May) prominent. But in all these commemorative activities there has been no mention of the air campaign over Darwin conducted by

Australia may not have operated an aircraft carrier in 35 years but the RAN’s two amphibious assault ships boast very substantial aviation capabilities Forty years ago, the navy’s new aircraft carrier to replace the venerable HMAS Melbourne appeared to be on the way and what better aircraft to equip it with than the revolutionary Sea

There’s no ‘I’ in passenger I recently climbed a mountain. Well, really it was just a very big hill with a carved path, stairways and handrails. However, like a mountain, it boasted spectacular views from the peak from the land to the sea. As one would rightly expect, such breathtaking scenery often positions the viewer