Arizona's Universal Avionics has announced Hawker Pacific as its 2011 Top Dealer International award winner.

Cirrus Aircraft has appointed co-founder Dale Klapmeier as its new Chief Executive Officer.

A Gulfstream G550 has set a city-pair speed record between Savannah, Georgia in the US and Campinas in Brazil.

First-ever untethered, all-electric manned helicopter flight; Pilots transport pooches; Vale Cliff Robertson; Ryan Aerospace scoops awards; and more.

GippsAero has made the maiden flight of the C-NM5 prototype it's built for Indian parent company Mahindra Aerospace and India's CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories.

An Airservices Australia project to enhance communications between aircraft and air traffic controllers has taken out top honours at the Queensland Australian Institute of Project Management awards.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a new document that covers all its short investigations into aviation incidents in second quarter 2011.

Two pilots from the Australian Aerobatic Team have wrapped up competing in the 26th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Italy.

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.