Australian Aviation

Qantas Founders Museum seeks funds to bring its Connie home The Longreach-based Qantas Founders Museum has a growing collection of former Qantas aircraft types on display. The most recent acquisition is that of a Lockheed Super Constellation, N4247K, located in Manila in the Philippines. The Connie had been abandoned some 25 years ago and was

From SIDs and security to silos and the MULTICOM saga A former Minister for Aviation once said: “A major review of current aviation regulations and orders will be initiated. Many of these were put in place early in aviation’s history. The government wants to be satisfied that they are still right for today’s conditions. Because

Australia’s best practice airport security The recent tragic bombing of the Zaventem Airport in Brussels has brought the issue of airport security back into the headlines. This has resulted in some media commentary from a number of commentators offering their opinions on the vulnerabilities of Australia’s airports and their solutions to ‘fix’ them. It is

Mindsets are critical There is a simple test to determine whether you have a ‘fixed’ mindset or a ‘growth’ mindset. Understanding the implications of these mindsets is critical for professional pilots, commercial operators and regulators alike. In Chip and Dan Heath’s bestseller Switch – How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, the authors provide

First HATS H135 arrives at Nowra The first of 15 Airbus Helicopters H135s (EC135 T2+) for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) arrived at its new home at HMAS Albatross, Nowra on March 31 after flying in from Airbus Helicopters’ facility at Bankstown Airport. The H135 carries the ADF serial of

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group News Qantas ferried 747-48E VH-OEB from Sydney to Hong Kong as QF6015 on March 10 for planned maintenance. 767-338ER VH-OGK has been in storage at Victorville since August 15 ’14 and has been sold. On March 14 it was cancelled from the Australian register and the