Australian Flying

Australian Flying is Australia's premier General Aviation magazine, dedicated to educating and entertaining those at the sharp end of aviation. Each issue of Australian Flying delivers hands on tips to better flying along with advice and reviews on the latest technologies, accessories and techniques on the market. Australian Flying also brings you the latest news and most current topical issues affecting the aviation industry. Australian Flying is staffed by an experienced and dedicated team of writers and pilots who share a common goal to inform and inspire better pilots.

It’s been a big month in GA • Kreisha Ballantyne takes a look at the Western Sydney Airport draft EIS, the consultation on Class 5 medicals and Ausfly’s new home.

Australian Flying

News • Western Sydney Airport Draft Environmental Impact Statement Released for Feedback

Airshows Downunder Shellharbour Tickets Go on Sale • WOI has always attracted a good crowd to Shellharbour Airport, and this year organisers will be hoping for another good turn-out.

Ausfly Relocates to Wentworth​ • National fly-in Ausfly will relocate from its traditional home at Narromine to Wentworth NSW for 2024

Senior Base Pilot: Career with the RFDS like no Other • Catriona Saunders never thought she’d end up at the controls of a plane, let alone fly for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).

CASA Proposes Changes to Sport and Recreation Aircraft Rules • CASA is seeking feedback on proposed changes to ensure the rules for sport and recreation aircraft (including gyroplanes) work as intended.

A Life in the Sky • Every aircraft came from somewhere. A bit like their human masters, the life of an aircraft rolls along, from stages of infancy to middle age and more. Andrew Andersen recounts his part in one such life story.

Flying Business Class • Paul Southwick looks at five tips from successful flying schools.

The Anatomy of a Big Trip • Graham Bunn takes a detailed look at why we learn to fly and what to do with our licence when we have it.

The Flying Scots • The British aircraft industry has produced pioneering, revolutionary, ingenious and innovative designs for over a century. Tony Self explores the flying Scots.

The LAME Quandry • Amroba’s Ken Cannane discusses the critical shortage of LAMEs.

Classroom Capers • Jim Davis recounts classroom capers, or how to get the good stuff painlessly into pupes’ pawpaws.

Between a rock and hard place • Earlier this year when a former student pilot - and now friend - asked Damien Wills if he would like to join him on a flight from Caloundra to Lord Howe Island in his brand new Sling TSI aircraft, his first reaction was: ‘Are you nuts?’.

A friend in Deed is a friend indeed • Amanda Deed’s dad, Paul, started flying before she was born, and she’s been in the front seat with him ever since she could reach the controls.

END OF YEAR SALE

International rotary fleet start their summer season in Australia • Erickson Aircrane and Kestrel Aviation have returned two S-64 Air-Cranes to Victoria

Kestrel Puma joins Victorian NVG program • ​Kestrel Aviation is again contributing one of its fleet to Victoria’s night firefighting program this season.

Rotor transmission support link fracture highlights importance of following manufacturer maintenance requirements • The ATSB has released its finding relating to a Bell 206 Longranger VH-JSU

Cattle Mustering Helicopter Accident Highlights Known Risk of Wirestrikes • The pilot of a Robinson R44 helicopter likely lost awareness of and did not see a powerline that was struck during mustering, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation has reported.

The 36th Eagle • GA pilot and former AOPA board member, Jeff...