Victorian aero clubs to meet in Ballarat summit

The forced landing in a paddock of a Cessna 172 with 2 instructors on board following fuel exhaustion highlights to pilots the importance of regularly crosschecking their aircraft’s fuel status.

James Miller has been appointed as a Commissioner of the ATSB for a three-year term, while Angus Mitchell has been reappointed as Chief Commissioner and chief executive of the ATSB Commission for a further 5 years.

Australian glider pilot Max Scutchings has won the Junior World Gliding Championship in Germany, taking the Club Class title at just 18 years of age after less than two years of cross-country flying.

Australian pilot David Green has landed his new Carbon Cub UL in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, after flying it home from CubCrafters' factory in Yakima, Washington, in a 30 day journey spanning almost 17,000 nautical miles.

McDermott Aviation apprentice Dylan Martin has been named Apprentice of the Year at the 2026 Queensland Training Awards North Coast Regional Final.

Queensland charter operator Horizon Airways this week announced it had ordered a second Tecnam P2012 STOL Traveller to match the airframe that entered service earlier this year.

Can a private pilot really just hop in a plane and fly anywhere in the world? Short answer: not quite, but it's closer to yes than you'd think.

Relive Pacific Airshow Gold Coast 2026 with more than 30 minutes of highlights, brought to you by Aviation Photography Digest.

Inbound to Oshkosh, a pilot flying a 1948 Cessna 120 unexpectedly flew into instrument meteorological conditions, in an aircraft not equipped for instrument flight and with only basic instruments to fall back on.