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From humble beginnings, in the 1970s, when founder Ron Loccisano purchased a fleet of aircraft, including single and multi-engine pistons and twin turboprops, to provide regional towns across eastern Australia with a daily airfreight service, the com

Alice Springs operator Northern Territory Air Services (NTAS) has signed a Letter of Intent for 20 Eviation Alice electric commuter aircraft. The Eviation Alice is an FAR23 twin powered by two magniX magni650 electric motors putting out 700 kW (940 h

Living your life to the fullest is one thing; living your aviation life to the fullest is another. We all know the truth, we are so blessed to do what we do, but we won’t be able to do this forever. Perhaps your medical isn’t renewed, or you simply c

The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and The Arts sponsored an aviation industry careers day for high school students in the lead up to Wings over Illawarra Airshow last year, which attendees have labeled a

Diamond Aircraft’s goal for the single-engined DA50 RG retractable was simply to build the world’s safest and most efficient general aviation aircraft. Like a top wine or cheese, the best things take time. The aircraft had a long gestation, with mult

You could put up a good argument that the aviation industry was turning out perfectly good commercial pilots before academia got involved and changed everything. For absolute sure, the quality was up to scratch, but constant fears of pilot shortages

What do a missionary with a bucket, and a fisherman with a Bonanza, have to do with the future of military drone technology? This is a fascinating story. It started with me spotting the name Ray Hart in my logbook and thinking “this is a feel-good fl

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If you hang around airfields, and especially those inhabited by seasoned pilots and instructors, you will have heard many memorable, some funny, and some completely inappropriate sayings and adages. It’s time to take a look behind the adages, and rev

Almost everyone reading this article will remember life before mobile devices; that there was once a time when we weren’t tethered to recharging, updating and replacing devices. Instead, our pilot lives involved multiple trips to pilot shops where we

Aficionados of home flight simulators are straining at the leash to get their hands on the new X-Plane 12. At the time of writing, the full package had not yet been released, but was due to be available in the early days of December 2022. Developers

It’s always a thrill to be asked by Australian Flying’s Editor, Steve Hitchen, to write an article for the next edition. However, it’s also difficult to decide on what to write. In this column, A Spot of Recreation, I’ve tended to talk about how it i

The lifting of COVID restrictions and a full agenda kept CASA busy in 2022 and we’ll be keeping the throttles open as we move through 2023. Major 2022 milestones included the release of our RPAS and Advanced Air Mobility Strategic Regulatory Roadmap

This discussion contains extracts from the SACAA’s accident report and is compiled in the interest of promoting safety and not to establish legal liability. Aircraft registration: ZS-FMV Date and time of accident: 9 Aug 2011, 1530Z Type of aircraft:

Recently, I came across an article that made me stop and think. The article referenced a study comparing pilots to the general public. The findings of the study, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Scientific Reports, shed light on a metr

A national aviation academy for training aircraft engineers is needed to remove inconsistency and disparity between each state and territory on the way that engineers are trained and the training is funded. This problem started in 2011 when the Certi