How airline pilots train for the unexpected Out of airborne dramas such as the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ and QF32’s episode in Singapore, a common theme has risen from the aftermath. When the sensationalism has abated, the performance of the crew and the difference that they make comes into focus. But what prepares any crew

Victoria’s Convair firebomber trial A 12 week lease is giving the Victorian government’s State Aircraft Unit (SAU) a chance to trial two Convair CV580 firebombers. Following the devastating 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, the Victorian government has made a significant investment in trialling large aircraft to contain and control fires, beginning with the 2009-10 fire season’s

Perhaps if John Borghetti is looking for a new theme song for his born again Virgin Blue Group he may like to consider Bob Dylan’s famous The Times are a-Changing. For they certainly are and probably faster than many suspect as a wide range of factors converge to turn the old order into a tail

Aviation responds to the Queensland floods EMS helicopters, ADF aircraft, commercial airliners and even general aviation pilots pitched in from above to provide vital supply drops, medevacs and support to anyone who needed it in flood-affected Queensland. Ravaged by January’s ‘worst floods in 50 years’, thousands living in the central and southeast parts of Queensland