EAA founder Paul Poberezny dies at 91 Paul Poberezny, the founder of the internationally-known aviation organisation the Experimental Aircraft Association, the EAA, died on August 22 at the Evergreen Retirement Village, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He had been battling cancer. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to

Jet airliner deliveries July-December 2012 For the six months to December 2012 a total of 28 commercial jet aircraft were delivered to operators in our region. This on top of the 23 aircraft delivered January to June 2012, brought the total to 51 for the calendar year, which was a reduction on the previous year.

No detail is too small Ground handling is usually an expression that we associate with the airlines. They commonly use a ground crew to assist with aircraft movements. For the GA pilot there is more reliance on doing the job yourself. Regardless of your licence level there are certain things that can be done to

A little more information than usual is shown this month with the inclusion of registration sequence numbers following the registration. These numbers will allow readers to see how many times registrations have been used before. Australia is one of only a few countries that re-uses markings to the extent that some registration combinations have been