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RAAA convention discusses issues and opportunities   The RAAA held its 17th annual convention in the Hunter Valley in October, bringing together 265 delegates across the spectrum of regional aviation in Australia. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content and past magazines. LoginBecome

People driving safety If idustry actually relied on government and regulation to drive safety, the history of aviation would look very different indeed. While our various regulators are often still in the dark ages in their approach to safety and certainly how it manifests in regulation, it is always incumbent on individuals in industry to

  Leonardo appoints Toll Helicopters to deliver sim and training services Toll Helicopters has become the sole Leonardo authorised training centre for the Australasian region after signing agreements with Finmeccanica’s helicopter division to deliver a full suite of AW139 pilot training packages using a newly-installed AW139 full-flight simulator (FFS). This content is available exclusively to

Australian company One Atmosphere is taking an innovative approach to helicopter buoyancy systems Tasmania may not be front of mind when thinking of leading edge aviation developments. But a new ‘post-impact’ buoyancy system for helicopters is putting the island-state well and truly in the spotlight. This is thanks to Tasmania being the main development location

Big data comes to tail planning and disruption management Before the invention of the modern electronic spreadsheet, bookkeepers manually pencilled in line items in grids on paper ledgers so large they had to be laid out on long tables. And any changes to the numbers would involve erasing out whole columns of data for recalculation.

The connected airport of the future The day before a flight, a passenger’s watch taps her on the wrist to remind her to check in, and also offers her a discount on her favourite whisky in duty free. On the way to the airport, her self-driving car receives information that the south bag drop and