Australian Aviation

Celebrating 40 years of Australian Aviation Remarkably, as the first edition of AADR was going to press I really became concerned that there would be nothing to put in next year’s edition! Maybe I had already written about all there was to report on in the foreseeable future and there was nothing more to cover?”

Time is Fleeting Australian airlines’ current and future aircraft options When Australian Aviation’s first issue hit newsstands forty years ago, Australian airlines enjoyed a wide choice of aircraft manufacturers for their fleeting needs. Names like Douglas, Lockheed, BAC, Fokker, Dassault-Breguet and British Aerospace and joined today’s duopoly of Airbus and Boeing in offering jet aircraft for

“Remarkably, as the first edition of AADR was going to press I really became concerned that there would be nothing to put in next year’s edition! Maybe I had already written about all there was to report on in the foreseeable future and there was nothing more to cover?” These were the words of Australian

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In September 2017 Australian Aviation celebrates its 40th anniversary. To mark that milestone we publish here Australian Aviation founder Jim Thorn’s account from the September 2007 edition of the magazine’s formation and early days. 1977 AND THE WAY WE WERE I love history and there is no better history, in a real sense, than that

10 Years Ago Following the launch of the two-seat Cessna 162 Skycatcher at the EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh orders had reached over 400. The Light Sport Aircraft is offered at US$109,500 for the first 1000 aircraft increasing to US$111,500 thereafter. Airbus announced on August 16 that the first A380 delivery will be made to Singapore