The FiveDME web site has undergone a major upgrade and we are still in the process of retrieving data from the old site. Some 1000 pages of data as accumulated on the old site over the years. The task of sorting and copying that information to the new site will be a slow process.…
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With the upgrade of the Aviation Media web site, we have re-activated the blog. In the process we imported quite a few of the posts from the old site up to 2013. We will start with a new line of posts for 2015. So, stay tuned!
Aviation is involved with the community everywhere and on more levels than you might know. Here’s something you don’t see every day! Passengers passing through Adelaide Airport from this week will not only be able to hear music performed by top local SA artists, but can now download the music for free on…
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RAAF Base Edinburgh activated in quick time during the Adelaide Hills bushfire emergency in early January to provide logistics support to civilian airborne firefighting efforts. Under a Defence Aid to the Civil Community (DACC) task, the base stood up from January 4-7 in response to a formal request by the Government of South Australia,…
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Friday January 16, 2015 Adelaide Airport Master Plan approved Adelaide Airport has welcomed the Federal Government’s approval of its 2014 Master Plan, which will allow the airport to plan for growth, jobs creation and sustainable economic development. The Master Plan, together with Adelaide Airport’s 30-Year Vision announced in October last year, puts in place…
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The RAAF Edinbugh Base have been playing a support role for aerial fire bombing aircraft during the serious bush fire at Sampsom Flat in the Adelaide Hills. This video is at the Air Base and shows the C130q and RJ85 tankers at work. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1513809568908397 Video by ADF Operations and Excercises.
7th Jan 2014. Coulson Next Gen Tankers have flown in from Avalon earlier in the week to assist with the Adelaide bush fires. Luckily, there have been plenty of people out there taking photos and video. Coulson are operating one C130Q Hercules and an one RJ85 out of RAAF Edinburgh Defence Base. The Hercules…
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