Australian Aviation

From the blame game to achieving mutual goals Helping people reach their goals is just as rewarding for the mentor, manager or organisation as it is for the person being helped. This at once philosophical and practical outlook should be adopted more broadly as we struggle to get more kids interested in the industry and

From airport lighting to airport professional mentoring In the last week of April the Australian Airports Association (AAA) hosted two important industry events in Sydney – the Airfield Pavements and Lighting Forum 2015 and the inaugural AAA Mentoring Program. The AAA Airfield Pavements and Lighting Forum is our industry’s pre-eminent biennial event that brings together

Qantas Group news Qantas ferried A380-842 VH‑OQD from Sydney to Manila as QF6009 on May 1 for planned maintenance. A380-842 VH-OQF was damaged in a hangar incident in Sydney on April 14 with the aircraft reportedly to be out of service until June. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian

First Foxtrots commissioned Army’s first pair of seven CH-47F Chinooks were commissioned into service during a formal ceremony at RAAF Base Townsville on May 5. Chinooks A15-301 and A15‑302 arrived in Townsville on April 4 on board a USAF C-5 Galaxy on delivery to 5 Aviation Regiment. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Evolution improves the breed As the TBM 900 taxis regally across the tarmac at Sebring airport in Florida, it looks every inch a thoroughbred, and also distinctly European. From the tip of the spinner to the top of the fin it is a very elegant design, and I already knew it should fly as good

The Airbus A380 Turns 10 The queues to get through immigration and the customs and quarantine points looked to be well over an hour long, especially if you weren’t travelling on an Australian passport. We’d just flown in overnight from Hong Kong, and it looked like one or two flights from mainland China had just