Australian Aviation — January 2018

16 AUSTRALIAN AVIATION

C

hange is the new normal and

after 40 incredible years as the

most acclaimed and widely read

aviation magazine Australian

Aviation is about to embark on a

generational change program.

What excites me most about this

journey is the fact we have been able

to retain the heart and soul of this

incredible publication, from managing

editor Gerard Frawley to every

journalist and contributor that form

the foundation of this magazine, we are

moving into a new era, much like the

aviation sector we’ve been covering over

the years.

In addition to the existing team I’d

like to welcome Mark Jessop, Kirsty

Ferguson, Steve Vissher, Solange Cunin

and Andrew McLaughlin to the team

to enhance our engagement through

visual media, radio, engagement of

millennials, space and aviation in the

rapidly evolving defence industry.

I am an aviation geek and I am also

an aviator. I cannot remember a time in

my life when I wasn’t passionate about

aviation, whether it was my first airshow

at Amberley watching an Iroquois drop

a car in front of a cheering crowd and

having my eyebrows singed by an F-

dump and burn, my first solo flight in

a C152 at the Royal Queensland Aero

Club at the age of 16, my first solo in

an F/A-18 Hornet or my first foray

into publishing as the publisher of

Australian Aviation.

I love anything that flies! So I am

a little saddened by a certain malaise

that has gripped the aviation sector

in Australia and I am determined to

do everything I can to ensure aviation

becomes cool again.

The look and feel of this magazine is

an obvious starting point and we hope

you enjoy our first issue in the new

format. We’ll continue to tweak our

content with the addition of monthly

space and UAV features, more features

from the cockpit, news from around

the world and a substantially beefed up

digital presence bringing you a more

personalised experience. You’ll see more

video, podcasts, virtual reality flights, a

new digital magazine, more free feature

content and a raft of products and

services reviewed and recommended by

our stable of aviators.

I hope you can help us on our journey

as we continue to refine our content and

the way we deliver this content to you

our readers, to keep you informed and

ensure you not only read about aviation,

that we help you experience aviation

through the eyes of the aviators.

Christian ‘Boo’ Boucousis

I

t’s been energising putting together

this edition of Australian Aviation.

For the past few years now we’ve

made an effort in our January-

February double issue to increase the

number of pages in the magazine and

to include features and stories that

might be a bit more colourful, offbeat or

interesting than normal. Hence we use

the ‘Summer Reading Issue’ tag.

But I think this issue truly lives up to

that term. At 132 pages this is the largest

edition of Australian Aviation in some

years. It includes some fantastic reading

across a range of aviation topics, from

drone racing to the Voyager I spacecraft

entering interstellar space, and much,

much more in between.

This issue is also a great pointer to

Australian Aviation’s new direction and

focus under Boo as its new publisher

• more engaging content across the
  breadth of aviation, and content that
  looks at and points to the future of
  aviation.
  It has been great fun working with
  Boo to deliver what is without doubt the
  best edition of Australian Aviation in
  many years. This issue introduces a lot
  of change, and is bigger, which I think
  neatly reflects the fact that aviation is
  fast-paced and continues to grow, pretty
  much across the spectrum.
  The changes extend from the visual


• a new Australian Aviation masthead
  for the first time in 12 years and a
  refreshed design – to the depth and style
  of content. And it’s exciting to add to
  the team of writers and photographers
  that has long been Australian Aviation’s
  greatest strength, new names and fresh
  takes on our industry.
  I think the end result is a fresh
  take on a well-loved and appreciated
  magazine. And we’ve only just started!
  Gerard Frawley

To the future

Setting course for a new Australian Aviation

NOTAM

PUBLISHER

Christian ‘Boo’ Boucousis

MANAGING EDITOR

Gerard Frawley

NEWS EDITOR

Jordan Chong

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Andrew McLaughlin

FLYING EDITOR

Owen Zupp

SPACE & EDUCATION EDITOR

Solange Cunin

PHOTOGRAPHY & SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

Mark Jessop

ART DIRECTOR

Daniel Frawley

CIRCULATION MANAGER

Louise Harry

PROOFREADER

Bruce McLaughlin

SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS

Tom Ballantyne, Max Blenkin,

Geoffrey Thomas, John Walton,

Owen Zupp

CONTRIBUTORS

Eric Allen, Tony Arbon, Rob Finlayson,

Chris Frame, Kirsty Ferguson,

Seth Jaworski, Chris Milne,

Robert Nutbrown, Dave Prossor,

Gordon Reid, Ian Thompson,

Paul Sadler.

PUBLISHER

Aviator Media Pty Ltd

ABN: 52 622 564 827

PO Box 3926,

Manuka ACT 2603, Australia.

Phone: (02) 6232 7474

[email protected]

Printed by Bluestar Web.

Distributed to newsagents by

Gordon and Gotch. Ph: 1300 650 666

ISSN 0813-

© Aviator Media 2017.

All material published in

Australian Aviation is copyright and

may not be used without the express

permission of the publisher.

New Australian Aviation

publisher Christian ‘Boo’

Boucousis with long-standing

managing editor Gerard

Frawley collecting copies of

the December issue from the

magazine’s printer.