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CASA has made a number of important changes to its leadership team and senior management structure.

CASA has released updated advice on aircraft registration markings and registration data plates.

The US EPA has begun the regulatory process that may result in mandating the transition to unleaded avgas.

The first Cessna Citation CJ4, the latest addition to the Citation mid-sized business jet family, has been delivered to an unnamed customer.

Piper Aircraft has delivered the first of its new PiperSport LSAs to a syndicate of three co-owners in Miami, Florida.

Safety solutions provider Jeppesen has been certified by CASA to design, validate and maintain instrument flight procedures.

Hawker Pacific has delivered six of the seven new Diamond aircraft it has under order to the University of NSW.

The Cessna Caravan, the workhorse of the Cessna fleet, reached its 25th anniversary in early April.

Global aviation software technology and solutions provider Aviation Safety Management Ltd (ASM) has released a new safety event reporting and analysis package for the General Aviation market.

Getting up to speed

CASA is launching a broad education program to ensure all pilots are in tune with forthcoming procedural changes to flying operations at a range of aerodromes.

CASA is hoping to entice the cream of the crop of elite young minds into a career as a Licenced Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (LAME) through a new scholarship.

Not long after reading our ‘Unfamiliar airfield - don’t be unprepared’ feature (May/June 2009), this issue’s My Story pilot entered an unfamiliar airfield, unprepared, while on a navigation training flight. Oh the irony! There’s a lesson here for all of us.

Pilot resources

Links to websites that pilots may find useful for all things from weather conditions to airports and pilot retail outlets.

Hot on the heels of the long-awaited first flight of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner (Ed. - finally!), could this review of the Abacus 787 flight sim follow suit and likewise make hearts go all a-flutter? Dave Tonks takes the new airliner for a sim spin.

Tecnam recently delivered its first P2008 Light Sport Aircraft to a customer in the US, with the first P2008 is expected to arrive in Australia later this year.

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