Priority solutions needed for Brisbane and Sydney New government and opposition transport members must agree to urgently force building Sydney’s second airport and to ensure the construction of Brisbane’s parallel runway is both the optimum design and is delivered on time. Given the long lead times of both projects and the growing congestion at both

What the new regulations mean December 4 sees the introduction of the new Civil Aviation Safety Regulations. Part 61. While the majority of the changes will not affect the average private pilot there are changes that affect commercial pilots and instructors. For those instructors who conduct flight reviews, Part 61. 1220 (3) will be of

Latrobe Valley Sabre jet flies Jeff Trappett took his CAC Sabre into the air at Latrobe Valley airport, Victoria on September 21 on its first post-restoration flight. The aircraft, VH-SBR, previously A94-352 with the RAAF, is a CAC-built CA-27 Mk 32. Built in 1957, it was placed on the civil register on June 9 2011.

Four new types and four new variants of existing types are shown in the New Allocations section this month. The two most interesting are the first Qantas Boeing 787, about which much has been written already, and Owen Smith’s Beech Mentor XUS. Walter Beech developed the Mentor as a replacement for the aging North American