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New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AGQ Ayres S2R‑T34 Turbo Thrush T34‑237 22/9/10 AGA Services, PO Box 1231 Deniliquin NSW 2710 N445JM N2054F BGM Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP 172S10991 28/9/10 Aeromil Pacific, PO Box 199 Georges This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive

10 Years Ago • Prime Minister Howard tabled a White Paper in Parliament on December 6 outlining a defence spending increase of $23. 5 billion over 10 years. Among the measures will be the provision of funds for up to 100 new combat aircraft to replace the 71 F/A- 18s which will reach the end

Jetstar took delivery of its 50th A320 Family aircraft earlier in the week, A320 VH-VGD, with the aircraft then operating its inaugural revenue flight, JQ446 from Melbourne to the Gold Coast, on December 23. Jetstar now has 44 A320s and six A321s in service, with 14 A320s added in 2010 alone. This content is available

In October I attended the Auster fly-in where I got chatting with an Ag pilot. He mentioned that he was keen to become a GA flight instructor but there was a problem, a big problem. Based in central-south NSW he raised a fact that I was broadly aware of but no one had ever discussed

After years of devastating drought, aerial agriculture has seen a massive resurgence over recent months with one of the busiest seasons in eastern Australia on record. Aerial application’s value to agriculture has been underlined with recent widespread operations against locusts, mice, rust in the biggest wheat crop in years, disease and pests in canola and

Australia’s medium lift short takeoff and landing (STOL) air capabilities, long proven essential in action and civil aid, are severely diminished, with the capability in danger of being completely lost. The need is clear, from combat theatres such as Afghanistan, to civil aid at home and disaster relief for our northern and Pacific neighbours, most