Sydney Basin airspace overhaul takes effect 9 July: what pilots need to do now

An ATSB investigation into last year's airshow accident at Avalon has concluded the pilot commenced a high-energy aerobatic manoeuvre at half his usual entry height, leaving insufficient altitude to recover.

One of NSW's busiest regional airports, Ballina-Byron Gateway, will become controlled airspace from next week, with an interim control tower starting operations.

Researchers have built a robotic replica of a nankeen kestrel to study how the bird's exceptional hovering ability could inform the design of safer, more capable small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAVs).

AvPlan EFB has launched a browser-based version of its flight planning platform, giving pilots and operators desktop access to their aviation data without requiring any software installation.

Over two days of the convention, delegates heard from politicians, upper-echelon aviation regulators, technology experts, mental health experts and industry insiders.

A fractured nose landing gear actuator rod has been identified as a key finding in the ATSB's ongoing investigation into the fatal Diamond DA42 accident at Adelaide's Parafield Airport on 29 April.

At RotorTech 2026 on the Gold Coast, Australian Flying's Andrew Murphy sat down with Davin McGee, Managing Director Australia at World Fuel Services,

For Naomi, living on Kangaroo Island means stunning coastlines and a close-knit community. But when stage 4 cancer required regular treatment in Adelaide, the distance became a serious burden.