Australian Aviation

Attitude archaism Aspiring aviators crawl through broken glass to get to the top, and when they do reach the top, they pick up the pieces and throw them back into the faces of those crawling up behind them. ” This statement by a university lecturer of mine is poignant, because it encapsulates much of what

Decision time for RAAF F-35 Buy Some time in the next few months, presumably before May’s federal budget, the new federal government will decide on the next steps in Australia’s acquisition of the F-35 as the RAAF’s next frontline fighter. Of course we have been here before – in 2002 when we joined the program,

Air New Zealand is adding extra services on its Auckland-San Francisco route over the northern peak winter period from mid December 2014 to March 2015, with the airline’s existing daily schedule to be augmented by second daily return flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The new second daily services will depart Auckland at 3.30pm and arrive

Matt Hall is again flying the flag for Australia in the reborn Red Bull Air Race series After entering hibernation in 2010, the Red Bull Air Race was set to thaw out in the heat of Abu Dhabi from February 28. Australia’s Matt Hall will once again take to the skies and weave his MXS-R

Industry has much to say about its regulator Much of the Australian aviation industry, and particularly its smaller end, takes a dim view of their regulator, CASA. This is putting things rather mildly. But is all the loathing based on legitimate gripes, or just whingeing over effective regulation? Naturally, industry is keen to prove the

Two engines for long-haul has become the norm They once graced the skies. Massive flying boats with boat-like hulls and thickset wings carrying four spinning propellers. Designed to conquer the globe at speed, aircraft grew leaner and left the insurance of landing on the water behind as aviation grew more self-assured. Super Constellations lapped the