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PREVIEW: Re-enactment of 1st sanctioned Airmail flight

THE re-enactment of Lismore’s historic 1st sanctioned airmail flight will take place this Friday to mark its 100th...

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26th June 2020 12:06 AM

PER AERIAL MAIL: Retired builder and pilot Bill Finlen and Lismore Historian Geoff Wotherspoon with Mr Finlen's one of a kind Moth Major DH60M111 to be flown for the centenary re-enactment of Lismore's first sanctioned Airmail Lismore to Tenterfield.

Learn to fly 'plastic parrot' with international pilot

QANTAS captain Garry Herne is back in his hometown of Lismore to train aspiring pilots in his military plane.

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27th May 2020 9:05 AM

PLASTIC PAROT: Qantas International Captain Gary Herne with his brightly painted CT-4 Military trainer, in which a generation of Australian Defence Force (ADF) pilots made a first, anxious solo flight. Picture: Cath Piltz

No pressure, but you're related to a famous aviation pioneer

A DESCENDANT of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has just become a commercial pilot – and you won’t believe want he plans to do...

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05th March 2020 1:03 PM

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his great great nephew, Alex Kingsford Smith.

How local pilots can learn to ‘expect the unexpected’

CIVIL Aviation Safety Authority is holding two briefing sessions in the area next week.

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19th Feb. 2020 9:02 AM

Warbirds Over Lismore air show at the Northern Rivers Aero Club, Lismore Airfield, Lismore. The Mustang on the runway.

Want to own your own private plane hangar?

A PRIVATE family company is hoping the sky is the limit with its plan to build aircraft hangars to subdivide and offer...

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11th April 2019 9:04 AM

FLYING HIGH: A private family company has submitted an amended DA to build two aircraft hangers near the Northern Rivers Aero Club to provide pilots with private storage options for their aircraft in South Lismore.

Making the Northern Rivers skies safer

"This seminar is all about preventing accidents by identifying threats to safety and avoiding potential mistakes,

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31st March 2019 12:03 AM

Aviation safety seminars are being held across the Northern Rivers.

Coronial inquest into fatal light plane crash off Byron Bay

THE circumstances surrounding death of the Lennox Head pilot will be examined in an inquest this week.

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22nd Oct. 2018 1:10 AM

Sky-high dream: 'Just give me the opportunity'

THIS pilot won't let his amputation define him, and he's again proven he can overcome any challenge.

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04th Sept. 2018 12:09 AM

SKY HIGH: Lismore pilot Nathan Parker, 22, was presented with his wings for achieving his flight instructor qualification by Northern Rivers Aero Club president Wally Soward.

Secrets of aviation on show at expo in Lismore

EVER wanted to learn how to fly? A half-day symposium at the Lismore Aviation Centre could just be your ticket to the open...

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20th July 2018 10:07 AM

TAKE FLIGHT: Northern Rivers Aero Club head of operations Bill Kiernan invites anyone wanting a career in aviation to book in for the symposium on July 28.

Weather forecast forces Aviation Expo to postpone

LISMORE City Council postpones Aviation Expo due to the unfavourable weather forecast for the weekend.

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16th June 2017 2:06 PM

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