Australian Aviation

Rnzaf Skyhawks To Become Museum Pieces New Zealand Defence Minister Wayne Mapp has an-nounced that nine of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s 17 mothballed A-4K Skyhawks will be earmarked for museums, including one for Australia, after decade long attempts to sell the aircraft failed. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe

Bless my old college tutor, Dr Jackson. One of his favourite sayings was, “A bicycle is more than the sum of its parts. ” This could be thrown into any discussion or conversation. Now, decades later, I recall the expression as I stand in front of the Beech D17S ‘Staggerwing’ belonging to Peter Teichman. This

Jetstar has announced it will commence daily Auckland-Dunedin A320 services from July 14. Dunedin will become Jetstar’s fifth New Zealand destination, with flights to Auckland offering connections on Jetstar’s trans Tasman and daily Auckland-Singapore services. Qantas will also codeshare on the route. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue

Up to four RNZAF Iroquois will take part in a night flying exercise over the coming weeks, designed to train aircrew in conducting night vision goggle (NVG) operations, and train ground crew in night time aircraft maintenance. Exercise PEKAPEKA 11 will see the Iroquois pilots and support personnel from No.3 Squadron operate out of RNZAF

Two RNZAF/RNZN SH-2G Seasprite helicopters will join with a historic Catalina flying boat to conduct a formation flight over Auckland this Monday (May 16), in celebration of No.6 Squadron’s extensive contribution to New Zealand’s armed forces. The Catalina became the first aircraft to be operated by No. 6 Squadron during World War 2, with a

Understanding experience Few would question that experience in any profession is a good thing. But it also has a dark side unless properly managed. Experience only correlates with expertise, and as the saying goes ‘correlation doesn’t mean causation’. This article is about why experience is necessary to develop expertise and why experience can also prevent