Australian Flying

Australian Flying is Australia's premier General Aviation magazine, dedicated to educating and entertaining those at the sharp end of aviation. Each issue of Australian Flying delivers hands on tips to better flying along with advice and reviews on the latest technologies, accessories and techniques on the market. Australian Flying also brings you the latest news and most current topical issues affecting the aviation industry. Australian Flying is staffed by an experienced and dedicated team of writers and pilots who share a common goal to inform and inspire better pilots.

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Death by a thousand cuts

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Annual VH aircraft registration confirmed for 2027

ASIC costs set to double

Wings Awards 2025

CASA CEO re-appointed for two more years

CASA plain English guides now permitted in pilot exams

FlightNote app offers Aussie pilots a smarter safety net

WOW’d again in 2026 • The highly anticipated Warbirds Over Wanaka 2026 was once again a success. Phil Hosking reports.

Reality in flight • Mixed reality simulators combined several technologies to produce an experience that rivals the large full-motion sims. Steve Hitchen flew one that has the potential to complement flight training on a number of levels.

5 benefits of mixed reality flight simulation

A jet with a purpose • When Kreisha Ballantyne crossed paths with Patrick Machado on the ramp, she was heading out to a piston single; he was climbing into a jet. What connected them was something far more powerful than aircraft type.

10 practices of professional pilots • Steve Hitchen explores the concept of professionalism in general aviation, and discovers that licence holders of all levels can display a professional attitude towards flight.

Gender equity in aviation • Kristian Constantinides and Samantha O’Connor argue that gender equity in aviation is a capability challenge, not just a diversity discussion, and that Australia’s aviation workforce cannot afford to ignore it.

MOSAIC or miss out • The world’s largest aviation market has rewritten the rules. Australia can align and benefit, or hesitate and watch the opportunity pass, says Stephen Limkin.

A case for paper charts? • Brian Bigg set aside his paper charts the moment GPS came along. Twenty-five years later, he has never once needed them. So why does he still carry them?

5 reasons to carry paper charts

The turboprop that thought it was a jet • With a top speed of 351 kts, a ceiling of 41,000 feet and Chuck Yeager’s name in its record books, the Piper Cheyenne 400 was the turboprop world’s answer to the business jet. Benn Marks takes a look.

From backyard dreams to American skies • A chance encounter with a flying magazine set Michael Young on a journey that would take him from a country town in Australia to a grass airstrip in New Hampshire and a house he never planned to buy.

Flying in America: what Australian pilots need to know

POLAIR helicopters blessed at Townsville launch • It was a big month for the rotorcraft sector, with RotorTech 2026. Benn Marks rounds-up

Entrol lands twin simulator deal with Toll Aviation

HeliPower takes delivery of first Airbus H125 at RotorTech 2026

LifeFlight announces new AW139

Pacific Crown Helicopters readies H160 for Australian completion

Why me? • When aviation safety scholar Sidney Dekker fractured his shoulder, he found himself asking the question pilots dread most: why me? The answer, he discovered, was the wrong question entirely.

Pre-take-off vital actions • Instructor and columnist Jim Davis works through the pre-take-off vital actions checklist, and makes the case for point-and-call as a life-saving habit every pilot...