After a lack of new types noted in this column in recent months there are no fewer than four shown in this issue’s listing. Nicholas Caudwell’s SNP is a replica of the Sopwith Snipe – a single-seat biplane that came into RAF service during late 1918 only a few weeks before the end of WW1.

New scholarships help create future leaders While changes to government policy – such as access to HECS for flying training – would greatly assist the attractiveness of aviation as a career, there are many changes within the grasp of industry that should also be pursued. At a time when 457 visas are being used to

Is a new runway the only option? The latest on-time performance (OTP) statistics confirm criticisms that Brisbane Airport – ranked 35th for OTP nationally – can’t handle existing traffic levels, a fact worsened by the recent six-month closure of the 14/32 runway. Contributing to this have been large increases in regional scheduled and fly-in/fly-out traffic,

New Mustang owner It arrived in New Zealand in 2011 where it was returned to airworthiness by JEM Aviation at Omaka. gavin conroy North American-built P-51D Mustang VH-FST has a new owner, Ross Pay of Scone, NSW. Ross is the son of the late Col Pay and is already the owner of his father’s CAC-built