Australian Aviation

For the general topic, see Aviation in Australia.

Australian Aviation

Cover of the August 2007 edition

Categories| Aviation
Frequency| Quarterly
Publisher| Momentum Media
Founded| 1977
Country| Australia
Based in| North Sydney, New South Wales
Language| English
Website| australianaviation.com.au
ISSN| 0813-0876

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

## History[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Official website