Australian Aviation

New home for Hunter XHH Geoff Moesker’s two-seat Hawker Siddeley T. 75A Hunter, VH-XHH, was removed from the register on August 15 after its export to a buyer in North America. Hangared at Rockhampton, VH‑XHH was one of a 21 ex Republic of Singapore Air Force Hunters Geoff acquired in the mid-1990s. Three would fly

Part 61 now in place September 1. As I write this column the new Part 61 regulations have just come into effect. August 31 was an interesting day with me writing up no fewer than six sticky labels for logbooks. All were for first twin ratings. Outside on the airport there seemed to be a

Ordinary Australians have direct investments in airports via super Between 1997 and 2003, the operation and management of Australia’s 21 federally-leased airports was transferred from the Commonwealth government to private operators under a long-term lease arrangement. This privatisation process included the major capital city airports in each state and territory across the country, as well

Jetstar has applied a special livery on one of its Airbus A320 aircraft to kick off a sponsorship deal with Little Athletics Australia. As part of the two-year naming rights partnership, decals featuring the image of two Little Athletics participants – Sean Phillips and Gemma Casaceli – have been applied on the fuselage of A320 VH-VFL along

The chance to build positive, trusting relationships It is almost impossible to consider aviation in Australia today without acknowledging that government needs to significantly lift its regulatory game. The state of flux that exists in CASA’s strategic direction at the time of writing is akin to a rudderless ship. With only one CASA board appointment

American Airlines has expanded its Japanese network through a series of new codeshares with Jetstar Japan. The Dallas-based carrier will place its AA code on Jetstar Japan’s services from Tokyo Narita to Fukuoka, Matsuyama, Okinawa, Osaka and Sapporo from October 26, American said in a statement on Wednesday. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.