The Aussie Aviator - Australia's Friendliest Aviation Forum!
The Aussie Aviator is a free forum and portal devoted to Australian aviation. It is owned and operated by genuine aviation enthusiasts with a true passion for this very exciting and rewarding hobby. The family friendly forum is where you can come and discuss the many aspects of aviation in Australia and around the world with likeminded people.
Your invited to come and join our friendly family of "aviation addicts" or "enthusiasts". If your looking for a place to discuss your passion then The Aussie Aviator is the place to be. Our members are the nicest bunch of people you could ever meet. They are always willing to answer any questions you have. At The Aussie Aviator there is no such thing as a stupid or silly question. We encourage you to ask whatever you like. Just remember, how are you supposed to learn if you don't ask?
The Aussie Aviator is fast becoming known as the forerunner in Australian aviation forums by providing you with the very best that it can in terms of features and functionality. Since its inception in early 2005 The Aussie Aviator always been striving to add new features and changes to the site in a bid to keep it fresh and new. This will continue to be the case for as long as it stays online.
Some of the exciting things that The Aussie Aviator has to offer you are -
By becoming a member you are entitled to upload photos to our photo gallery and enter our Photo of the Month competition. There are many categories to choose from and if there isn't a category then feel free to suggest one. Don't feel that your photo's need to be top quality, as long as it shows an aircraft of some description then please upload it.
Some of the features are -
* Slideshow * Send e-cards * Subscribe to a category * Email link to a friend * Rate and comment about a photo * Add a photo to your favourites list * Receive email updates * Direct link to a photo or use BB code to insert a picture into one of your posts on any web site
Airbus is playing down reports that its A350 XWB programme is seriously over weight, saying that figures quoted by German media are inaccurate and that the design of the airliner is still being finalised.
Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper reports that the twinjet’s weight is at least “8t” behind target, and cites problems linked to the carbonfibre structure that Airbus has adopted for the aircraft.
Qantas B737-800 services will commence flight trials into and out of Broome, Kalgoorlie, Karratha and Mount Isa Airports utilising Required Navigation Performance (RNP) technology.
Qantas Chief Pilot Captain Chris Manning said the Qantas Group was a pioneer of this technology in the Southern Hemisphere. “Qantas has been operating the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) approved flight trials into other Australian airpo ...
Fingerprint or iris scan-linked domestic flight passenger cards are needed to ensure people feel safer and security scares such as last month's evacuation of Brisbane's domestic airport are not repeated, a security organisation says.
The Australian general manager of Unisys, Andrew Barkla, today said registered traveller cards were already in use in the US to speed up security checks and provide better safety.
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