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Cover: The Osprey Aircraft

GP-4 is designed for high

performance, cross-country

flying while keeping building

costs within reasonable limits.

Features

Destinations

High-end destinations book-ended with budget

gems: Shelley Ross is reminded why flying northern

Australia in winter is worth every ounce of effort.

Wings Awards

Through the annual Wings

Awards, Australian Flying

and the Royal Aeronautical

Society honour the people

who make general aviation

happen in Australia.

See this year’s recipients.

Russian Bear

You’re going to Russia

to test fly a plane?

Really, is it safe?

Michael Smith found

that the answer was

a resounding Da!

Regulars

Editorial 10

Airmail 12

News 14

Down to Business 66

Products 70

Rotors 72

A spot of recreation 74

Good Sports 76

Safety Matters 77

What Can We Learn 78

The Kernels of Wheatie 80

Short Final 82

Badgerys Creek v Bankstown

With the new Western Sydney Airport denying Bankstown

Airport much of its current training area, Philip Smart

asks the industry whether the two can get along.

iPad and

Tablet Apps

Steve Hitchen scoured

the app world to find

out which systems are

making their mark in GA.

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The Show Must Go On
Steve Hitchen negotiates the hurdles of having an
airshow approved by CASA and finds that, like
everything else, doing your homework is the key.
Lessons From a Logbook
At 19,000 feet turning on the heater
seemed like a good idea. But...
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Graphical
Weather
Forecasts
The time-honoured ARFOR
is being replaced on 9
November 2017 with a
graphical, state-based
area forecast product.
Andrew Andersen was
part of the industry
working group that
helped make it happen.
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