Vale Betty Skelton; Violations at Camden Airport; Air romance turns tragic; The unbreakable aircraft tyre; Flying for cystic fibrosis; and more.

Kiwi pilot John King relives his trials, tribulations and joys in crossing northern USA in a rare 1949 model Cessna 195 floatplane.

Diamond Aircraft has resumed flight testing of its D-JET personal jet following a temporary grounding of the project due to financial constraints.

After 75 years of service, age is finally catching up with the Douglas DC-3 and its military variants, the C-47 and Dakota. Murray E Kirkus looks at what lies ahead for these former workhorses.

Australia's National Aerial Firefighting Centre (NAFC) has approved the Spidertracks aircraft tracking system for aerial firefighting operations in Australia.

CASA seeks comment on instructor training; Want to buy a Sea King?; British paraplegic Dave Sykes completes UK-Sydney microlight flight; ATSB warning for BAC 167 Strikemaster operators; Vale Billy Drake; and more.

Registration is about to open for the CASA-sponsored 2011 National Chief Flying Instructors conference, which is being held in conjunction with the Safeskies 2011 conference.

A selection of superb photos from the recent 2011 Wide Bay Australia International Airshow in Queensland.

It’s time Australia mobilised its pilots.

CASA has praised Australian aircraft owners for their positive response to the regulator's campaign to raise awareness of ageing aircraft issues and is encouraging owners to attend upcoming seminars.

Now in its 60th year of operations in PNG, former Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot Ron Watts traces MAF's early history in one of the world's most unforgiving aviation environments.

CASA is calling on pilots who fly in the outback to help battle Australia's increasingly problematic feral camel population.

Tragedies at overseas airshows; Inmate protests imprisonment using GA; Meet Rolf Brand's JB1M; Woman dies after walking into live C210 prop; and more.

The ATSB has released its final report on a fatal accident involving a Cessna 172N that crashed into Woolcunda Lake in NSW in mid-2010.

In a move that could result in lower costs for entry-level certified GA aircraft, the US FAA has formed a committee to modernise the Part 23 design and manufacturing rules.

The ATSB has released its initial report on last week's ABC helicopter crash near Lake Eyre, which claimed the lives of pilot Gary Ticehurst, journalist Paul Lockyer and cameraman John Bean.