For Catalina enthusiasts Rathmines, NSW, was the place to be on November 3 when the HARS Catalina VH-PBZ landed on the waters of Lake Macquarie and taxied up the ramp at Catalina Memorial Park, the site of the WWII RAAF seaplane base. The machine looked spectacular as the hull skimmed the surface of the lake

The vice-chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin, recently stated that Australia’s time as the military ‘top gun’ in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific was in danger of coming to an end. According to the RAAF (and former RAN) fighter pilot, Australia’s high-technology defence capabilities are at risk of being superseded

Bizjet deliveries to the region in the 12 months under review continued to rise and for the first time numbers have broken the 200 barrier. There is a growing trend towards the importation of second-hand aircraft with this period showing that only five per cent of deliveries were new production aircraft. In the period under

Cautious optimism returns for business aviation A lean 2011 is making way for cautious optimism as the sale of business aircraft globally picks up, a trend reflected in this region. As shown in the annual business jet digest (page ….), the number of jet aircraft grew by 21 in the 12 months to October 31,