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Legendary Australian pilot Jim Hazelton will partner with Jeremy Rowsell to attempt a trans-Pacific flight in a single-engine Beechcraft 36 in aid of the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS). They are expected to leave the Californian coastline in coming days for Sydney, Australia. Their first leg of the lonely crossing will depart from Hollister, Califonia [...]
As part of our commitment to producing media of interest for aviation enthusiasts and professionals, we’ve created a number of automated Twitter accounts that are fed with the latest (and greatest!) in aviation news. Unlike services such as Twitterfeed that indiscriminately posts everything fed off an RSS feed, we’ve developed a proprietary system that will [...]
Our friend, Karlene Petitt, is involved with an initiative to get 2010 female pilots introduced to aviation. It’s been 100 years since the first woman earned her pilots license. To celebrate this anniversary, Mireille Goyer had a vision of introducing 2010 new girls and women to aviation this year. For all who signed up, only [...]
In the first qualifying session in Windsor, Ontario, Australian Red Bull Air Race pilot Matt Hall, after a strong early session, g-stalled his aircraft in a tight turn and subsequently lost control at low level. As the left wing stalled, the aircraft flew beyond the 90 degree knife-edge position; his aircraft descended rapidly and impacted [...]
While most grown-ups lock themselves away in garages to tinker away with motorcycles or watch porn, a father of two from Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Ryan McNaught, has spent the better part of 8 months assembling a 2.2-metre long, 1.8-metre wide replica of a Qantas Airbus A380 built from over 35,000 individual Lego bricks at a [...]
Well, that was a busy time indeed! Without too much delay, we were straight into the top 12 round with Matt Hall starting out in 4th place. This round begins with the slower times from the previous round going through first. With Sonta & Maclean already out, Muroya and Rakhmanin were always going to find [...]
Day 2 of the serious stuff at the Red Bull Air Race in Perth, Western Australia, and the conditions couldn’t be more perfect for high energy flying. Forecast of 29 degrees, light sea breezes and chrystal clear blue skies has attracted huge crowds to the south bank of the Swan River. After managing to negotiate [...]
Well, at the end of a very interesting day, I’ve managed to get a couple of quick interviews so,all things considered, I’m happy with that. I’ll be back at the Red Bull Air Race tomorrow wiser for today’s experiences, and I’m determined to get to all the media events next time around! I managed a [...]
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