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Why the old way of measuring seats needs a sequel When airlines talk about legroom, they use pitch: the distance between one point on a seat and the same point on the seat in front. Within Australia, the numbers range from 28in on the tightest seats on low-cost carriers to 32in on Virgin Australia’s Boeing

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Hey day

by Staff reporter June 11, 2018

GA in Australia after World War 2 The two new Piper PA-23-250 Aztec Bs, VH-AVR and -AVW, are registered to Avis Rent A Plane, with a Piper Cherokee and V-tail Beech Bonanza in the background. eric allen There was a dramatic expansion and change in Australian general aviation activity after the end of World War

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Warbirds

by Staff reporter June 11, 2018

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news Grumman Avenger Lost in Us Crash Former Australian Grumman TBM-3E Avenger, VH-VTB, was lost in an engine related crash in the US. The big torpedo bomber, registered as N337VT, was being flown from Phoenix, Arizona to Chicago over a mountain range on the White River Reservation, Arizona, on

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The C-27J is not a straight replacement for the RAAF’s much-loved Caribou, but nor is it a mini Hercules. With all 10 aircraft now in the fleet, Australian Aviation visited 35 Squadron at RAAF Base Richmond to learn more about the growing maturity of the ADF newest airlift asset. What is a Spartan The C-27J

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The Kiwi ingenuity behind the movie industry’s best aerial cinematography When an innovative New Zealand company develops a cutting-edge aerial camera system a stone’s throw from an airport where a helicopter operator services A-list movie productions is a fortuitous match. Add to that jaw-dropping scenery of mountains, lakes, valleys, waterfalls, forests and fiords, of epic

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Design, certification and manufacturing create high-tech airline cabin challenges Sit down in your airliner seat, buckle up, and contemplate the seat back in front of you. Over decades, and at a cost second only to the price of the airframe itself, that seat has been engineered to ever-stricter standards to save your life several times

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