For many Australian airline pilots, New Guinea was the key to their successful flying careers. Rugged conditions, unforgiving weather and a never ending supply of ‘cumulus granite’ honed the early skills of an entire generation of present day airline Captains. In this article, F/O Rick Hession relives some of those unforgettable experiences. Hell! It was

There was a time when avionics was very much the poor relation of aircraft design and the various pieces of equipment associated with communications, navigation and warning systems had somehow to be accommodated after the structure of the aircraft had been settled and its performance established. Those days are now over and in an age

Room to Fly – Can Our Governments Get Together? With Canberra now revamping and reorganising, it’s time to clean up some of the obsolete regulations that stop the industry giving customers what they want, especially when they are concerned about one of our oldest constraints – charter flights over airline routes. An aircraft knows when

North American T-28B for Tyabb A North American T-28B ‘Trojan’ is shortly due to arrive at Tyabb Airfield, Victoria. The T-28B is being imported by Mr Alan Pay, who owns T-6, VH-NAH with Judy Pay. The machine was reportedly first sighted at the Oshkosh Air Show this year and purchased after a test flight. The