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This shot, by Craig Murray, captures an RAAF EA-18G Growler, A46-306, on approach to Rwy 15 at RAAF Amberley during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 on 21 July 2021. The jet wears a livery celebrating the 100th anniversary of 6 Squadron (1917–2017). It was snapped using a Canon 7D MkII mounted with a Canon 100-400mm Lens
Virtually anyone involved in aviation in Australia will know of this Hall of Famer. But who is he really? And why has he left such an indelible mark on the lives of up-and-coming Aussie pilots? Aero Circus investigates BOB HAS spent the vast majority of his working life in aviation. In his own words, “I
Chief pilot Finley Lewis was one of Australia’s original drone pioneers. But years on, he’s not stopping there. HE’S FAR too modest to put it like this, but Finley Lewis, now22, was something of a prodigy in Australia’s burgeoning RPAS industry. As a child, he’d build remote control airplanes at home before transferring that passion
Hannah Dowling explores the current state of the flag carrier’s superjumbo fleet, to deduce which two aircraft could see an early retirement in the desert. IN AUGUST this year, Qantas announced it will bring 10 of its 12 Airbus A380s back into service, five of which are set to return to the skies in 2022,
As Aviation Australia celebrates its two-decade anniversary, its senior figures discuss how the sector has successfully emerged from COVID – and why the future for new recruits is bright WHEN COVID first ravaged the aviation industry in the autumn of 2020, things looked bleak. Qantas made 8,000 of its 29,000 workers redundant, Virgin slipped into
David Prossor gives his practical tips for what stood down or out of work pilots can do as the industry slowly reopens AIRLINE AND GA pilots have both been doing it tough, but GA gets little media publicity. From a pilot’s point of view, we have to ask when it will all end? It pains
