Safety Audits Hold Significant Potential for Reducing GA Accident Rate The two tier aviation regulation system allows for a deregulated marketplace, free of red tape regulations which are not pertinent to all operators. Aviation operators are afforded a greater latitude of discretion and can make decisions more appropriate to their particular operation and ‘cultural’ requirements.

Gps Navigation-Where to Now? At a recent briefing given by Trimble Navigation Ltd in Canberra it was stated that a decision between GPS and MLS as the future precision approach landing system must be made within the next two years, due amongst other things, to the rapidly approaching demise of ILS because of frequency problems;

Aerospatiale Socata Trinidad  Recently, through Eurocopter International Pacific, the marketer of Aerospatiale General Aviation products, I was able to satisfy a long standing wish to make the acquaintance of the Socata Trinidad. I know that the aircraft has been on the Australian market for over a decade, but as a relative newcomer to the GA

Deadline Nears on Contentious Us Accord A showdown is nearing over the Australia-US aviation accord. In June both sides agreed to shelve their dispute until year’s end. Now, with a third round of talks scheduled for late November, negotiators are anxious that, without a settlement, the new year could bring an ugly return of sanction