“SMOKE ON, cleared into the track,” was the call coming from this year’s race director, Bernd Piff, an Austrian air force Typhoon fighter pilot and Red Bull race director. The phrase has become a trademark of the Red Bull Air Race series, one of the world’s fastest motorsports, which returned to Perth over the weekend

Seeking the heights of pilot training The operational aircraft of the Air Force and Navy require their pilots to be able to handle a number of advanced flying tasks at once, a skill that they learn through the RAAF’s Number 2 Flight Training School (2FTS) at RAAF Base Pearce, northeast of Perth. For students who

We have seen another solid 12 months for bizjet deliveries to operators in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and PNG. In our review period 24 aircraft were delivered to the region and as a result fleet numbers increased from 134 to 150. However, under the current economic conditions, it is impossible to say what we

Set to ride out the tough times While the credit crisis has caused fear among some businesses, the current economic uncertainty has not dented what has overall been a very strong year for Australia’s business aviation sector. “The interest has been going along very nicely,” said David Bell, executive director of the Australian Business Aviation