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Kaman Aircraft Company founder Charles Huron Kaman, one of the leading aviation pioneers of the 20th Century, passed away on Monday January 31 at the age of 91.

Bacchus Marsh-based TVSA Pilot Training has become the first private registered training organisation in Australia to receive approval for VET FEE HELP to assist students in financing their pilot training.

Two Australian pilots have successfully completed the first leg of a circumnavigation to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced in late February the 2010 worldwide shipments of GA aircraft.

CASA has addressed flying instructor training and standards as part of the GA Safeskies Australia seminar at the recent Avalon Airshow.

Goulburn Aviation has come to the aid of Canberra-based pilots by opening a new flying school in our capital city following the closure of Canberra’s sole remaining school in mid-2010.

GippsAero’s widely popular GA8 Airvan workhorse is to be further tweaked with a forthcoming increase in MTOW and the announcement of a float-equipped version of the aircraft.

A private pilot explains, by way of a hair-raising first-hand account of a near-miss, the importance of maintaining situational awareness.

Out of sheer curiosity of this unique type, Dave Tonks tracks down a sim version of the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, but after trying his hand ends up wishing he hadn’t.

European rotary wing giant Eurocopter has expanded its product line with a number of new announcements at the recent Heli-Expo 2011 exposition in Florida.

GippsAero to build NM5; Gulfstream G650 incident; Type-1 diabetic aims for North Pole record; and more.

Jessie Brittingham has been awarded the inaugural Sir Reginald Ansett Scholarship for Aviation at Swinburne University in Victoria.

CASA is giving new focus to the safety regulation of sport aviation in Australia.

CASA has advised that a generally accepted safety measure in the recommended aircraft refuelling process will be dropped.

The Dopeler Effect

CASA has come up with a doozy that GA in Australia needs to howl down.

Serious paint job for Piaggio P.180 Avanti II; Cirrus defends China sale; Gus Mauch gets street; and more.