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Five major General Aviation groups have got together to draw up a 10-Point Rescue Package for the Australian GA industry.

Newcastle Airport hosted more than 150 high school students earlier this week at its fifth annual Aviation Careers Day.

The 31st running of the Royal Victorian Aero Club's Dawn Patrol to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain takes place in a month from today.

The first Garmin 1000-equipped TBM 850 very fast turboprop aircraft was delivered to an Australian customer in late February.

Airservices Australia is encouraging GA pilots to gain a better understanding of air traffic control (ATC) operations through their Pilots’ Information Nights.

Archerfield Airport Corporation (AAC) has appointed former RAAF Group Captain, Corrie Metz, as the new General Manager of Archerfield Airport.

On the eve of its seventh birthday, charity organisation Angel Flight Australia has selected Schofields Flying Club as its new Sydney base.

Australian Flying

The September/October 2010 issue of Australian Flying is hot off the printing press and packed with all our usual flying tips, destinations features, entertaining and informative stories and much, much more for Australia’s active General Aviation and Recreational Aviation pilot community.

Tecnam Twin coming

Tecnam Australia will celebrate the highly anticipated arrival of the first Tecnam P2006T light twin in Australia later this month.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued a reminder to Cessna 100-, 200-, and 300-series pilots to thoroughly scrutinise their fuel samples for water before every flight.

The clearly smitten Dave Tonks explains why the folks at Orbx Simulation Systems are the bees knees when it comes to flight sim scenery development, and uses their recently released Tamworth package to prove his point.

Caught napping

While I am admittedly a very inexperienced pilot with a scant number of flying hours to my name thus far in my journey as an aviator, I’d like to think I’m nonetheless proactively cautious everytime I jump in the cockpit.

Flying a GA8-TC 320 Airvan, Victorian pilots Ken Evers and Tim Pryse completed an epic, history-making circumnavigation when they touched down at Bendigo Airport on July 8.

In a move that’s sure to bring a nostalgic smile to the face of all helicopter enthusiasts, a squadron of Australian Army helicopters will soon be dispatched to towns across the nation to become permanent display features.

Cessna has scored a major win with its C162 Skycatcher recently awarded the Piper General Aviation Award for 2010 from global aerospace technical society American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

A portion of helicopter circuit training at Moorabbin Airport may soon be shifted offsite as part of the recent conditional approval of the airport’s 2010 Master Plan. Justin Grey reports.