Australian Aviation

DoctorBazza’s Hands of Rescue takes flight with PNG’s first Beaver A veteran De Havilland Canada Beaver is set to take up residence in Milne Bay Province to operate Papua New Guinea’s first flying doctor service. DHC-2 Beaver P2-HOR has been acquired by carpenter-turned -obstetrician Dr Barry Kirby for use by the not-for-profit Hands of Rescue

Queensland teenager Lachie Smart becomes the youngest pilot to fly a single-engine aircraft solo around the world Most 18-year olds are at the first major crossroad of their lives. With their schooldays now behind them and their whole life stretching ahead of them, it can be a daunting time, to say the least. But Lachie

Could it be that slow and steady rather than rapid expansion is the key to making money in the Asia Pacific’s highly competitive budget airline market? The rule seems to have worked for Qantas’s Jetstar family and for what many observers describe as India’s most successful carrier. Asia’s low-cost carriers have gone through some turbulent

Over shorter distances turboprops offer unbeatable operating economics. But the category remains stuck in its 50-70 seat niche. Turboprop aircraft dominate regional aviation in Australia and much of the world, yet innovations are relatively few, and passenger experience relatively standardised. What flyers see on an ATR 72 or Bombardier Q400 flying from New Zealand, New

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) Captain Nick Sofield flies the venerable Fokker 100 on services across Western Australia. Chris Frame spoke with Captain Sofield to gain insight into the life of a regional airline pilot. What path led you to VARA? I did my initial training in 1995 in a Piper Warrior through the University

Pilatus creates its own business jet category with the ‘super versatile’ PC-24 Quietly, purposefully and assuredly, Pilatus is working towards the goal of delivering its first jet aircraft to its expectant customers in the fourth quarter of 2017. Pilatus is renowned for its single-engined turboprop utility aircraft (PC-6, PC-12), as well as its successful line