Airservices Australia has confirmed it will build a combined air traffic control tower and fire station at Broome Airport valued at almost $20 million.

Any aviation enthusiast - particularly those of us here in Oz - will know that 2010 will be a very sad year, with the demise of the magnificent F-111 looming day by day. But as Dave Tonks finds out, the ‘Pig’ proudly lives on with the new KC F-111 sim from Alphasim.

With a number of factors conspiring against him, this My Story pilot could have ended up inadvertently commemorating the Centenary of the Wright brothers’ first powered flight with a bang, literally.

Aeromil Pacific has preserved a slice of both Australia’s and Cessna’s aviation history through the acquisition of a rare 1936 Cessna C34 Airmaster.

CASA and Airservices Australia finally revealed their new Class D air space models to the aviation world at a series of workshops in mid-May. Steve Hitchen reports.

Heliwest has completed a broad $1 million upgrade of its headquarters at Jandakot Airport in Western Australia.

Bankstown Airport’s Schofields Flying Club has appointed Bill Cooper as its new Chief Flying Instructor and Chief Pilot.

Moorabbin Airport-based Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA), in partnership with Jetstar and Swinburne University, has launched two new mentored airline pilot training courses.

Piper Aircraft, Inc. is taking its first steps locally to delivering on its recently announced plans to increase its presence in the Asia Pacific market.

Regional Airlines (Rex) has opened the new Wagga Wagga campus of the Australian Airline Pilot Academy (AAPA). Justin Grey reports.

Victorian pilots Ken Evers and Tim Pryse have reached the halfway point of their charity round the world flight in a GA8 Airvan.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its latest update of the Aviation Occurrence Statistics, 1999 to 2009.

CASA reports that a wide range of changes and improvements will be made to instrument flight rules (IFR) operations over the next six years.

Victoria's Avalon Airport has secured the hosting of the Australian International Airshow until at least 2015, reports www.thegovmonitor.com.

South Africa's ADEPT Airmotive has developed what it calls the world's first modern GA aircraft engine that runs on a range of different fuels.

The new operational procedures that will apply to GAAP and Class D aerodromes come into effect tomorrow.