Australian Aviation

Don’t waste the Forsyth Report’s circuit-breaking opportunity Commercial aviation, and particularly regional aviation, is a place where optimists and economic reality often meet. We very much need these optimists because success turns them into our aviation entrepreneurs. As always, the recent reporting season brought home those realities in bold, black print. Well done to Regional

Archerfield Airport in Brisbane’s south-west has opened a new $4 million student accommodation facility. The airport, which is about 11km from Brisbane’s CBD and caters for general aviation and flying schools, has about 10 providers of pilot training and aviation-related courses. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading

Army Black Hawks head south The Army marked the end of its S-70A-9 Black Hawk operations at Townsville on August 18 with a ceremonial flyover by six Black Hawks from B Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment. Bad weather days earlier had delayed the flypast that saw the six-ship formation, followed close behind by three MRH 90

An aviation and medical student has won the Australia Women Pilot’s Association’s (AWPA) navigation component scholarship, sponsored by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Jasmine Morris of Healesville in Victoria was awarded the RAAF scholarship worth $7000. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this

Training school Aviation Australia has set up a new operation in Melbourne in partnership with the Victorian government. The school has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Victorian government and will offer a number of training courses in Melbourne from January 2015. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo

Qantas Group news In this issue we report on the delivery of three 737-800s to Qantas, two 787-8s to Jetstar and a Dash 8-Q400 to QantasLink, and the departures of two Qantas 767‑300ERs. Qantas took delivery of 737-838 VH-XZL Flinders in Brisbane on July 30 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Boeing Field