Australian Aviation

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Australian Aviation
Australian Aviation Aug 07.jpg
Cover of the August 2007 edition
CategoriesAviation
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherMomentum Media
Founded1977
CountryAustralia
Based in North Sydney, New South Wales
LanguageEnglish
Website australianaviation.com.au
ISSN 0813-0876

Australian Aviation is an online and print aviation publication covering the aviation industry.

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History

Australian Aviation was founded by in 1977 by Jim Thorn as Australian Aviation & Defence Review. It was founded as an annual, becoming a quarterly publication in 1979, bi-monthly in 1985 and monthly from May 1990. [1] From March 1994 it became all colour. [2] [3]

In April 2005, it was sold to employees Gerard Frawley, Andrew Mclaughlin and Lee Anne Simm. [4] [5] [6]

In 2018, the publication was acquired by Aviator Media. [7] It was subsequently purchased by Momentum Media in 2020. [8] [9]

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References

  1. A letter from the publisher Australian Aviation issue 54 January 1990 page 5
  2. Thank You Australian Aviation issue 95 April 1994 page 15
  3. Australian Aviation National Library of Australia catalogue entry
  4. Who is the Phantom? Australian Aviation issue 215 April 2005 page 4
  5. 30 Years Young Australian Aviation issue 242 September 2007 pages 24-29
  6. 1977 and the way we were - The Australian Aviation Origins Story Australian Aviation 23 August 2017
  7. The Times Are a Changing Australian Aviation
  8. "Australian Aviation unveils new team and growth strategy". www.momentummedia.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  9. Kelly, Vivienne (12 February 2020). "Momentum Media acquires B2B publication Australian Aviation". Mumbrella . Retrieved 1 November 2022.