The September-October issue of Australia's premier GA magazine Australian Flying is off the presses on the streets! This edition covers aviation topics as diverse as short-field take-offs, gliding, aerial agriculture, one Kiwi's outback adventure and the beginning of a great new series by Jim Davis. On the front cover you'll see a shot from editor Steve Hitchen of a CASA 212 captured on departure from Albion Park, NSW
In Destinations, Kiwi Peter Merwood recounts his journey as he crosses the Tasman Sea in his RV and explores the Australian outback in company with other adventurous aviators.
Is the gliding fraternity feeling the pinch the way that the powered-flight sectors of aviation are? John Absolon returns to gliding after years away and reports on what he found.
Is making a short-field take-off a matter of superior piloting or just down to the technique used? Former Papua New Guinea pilot Matt McLaughlin looks at current practices with a critical eye and tells us how it's done in real life.
As many aero club members become airfield reporting officers, it's important that they can accurately assess obstacles that may infringe flight paths. Keith Tonkin of Aviation Projects provides a briefing on how best to do the job.
Two men decided to do something about the dearth of opportunities for Indigenous Australians in aviation. The result is Cessnock-based DreamSky. Scott MacKillop reports on this innovative project.
Jim Davis begins his new series, where he will take us through the moments in his logbooks that shaped the pilot he became. It all begins at the beginning.
The aerial application industry is battling the double-whammy of a pilot shortage and very few facilities to train new ones. Steve Hitchen traveled to Ballarat and sought out Field Air, one of the few companies that offer agricultural endorsements.
Paul Bennet and his air show team were faced with the challenge of ferrying four of their aircraft across the Torres Strait to Papua New Guinea. As Ryan Campbell reports, it was challenging, enlightening and great fun to boot.
Plus Products and Innovation, A Spot of Recreation, Good Sports, Rotors, What Can We Learn, The Kernels of Wheatie, Short Final, Airmail and more aviation news and views to keep you in the loop.
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