Australian Air League - Victoria Group

03/09/2026

As a former cadet of the Australian Air League, Archie has always carried a deep and genuine passion for aviation—from learning the mechanics of flight to watching aircraft take to the skies.

Today, Archie is confronting his toughest challenge yet: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a rare and incurable childhood brain cancer that affects around 20 Australian children every year.

Throughout his diagnosis and treatment, Archie has shown remarkable courage, resilience, and dignity. While his health prevents him from attending Air League, his love for aviation remains unbroken. His strength and optimism are an inspiration to us all, and we stand beside him and his family in lasting friendship.

A GoFundMe campaign has been created to support Archie and his family, helping ensure they can focus on precious time together and create unforgettable memories, including special aviation experiences for Archie.

Read more on the website

https://www.airleague.com.au/2026/09/04/archies-story/

24/07/2026

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15/03/2026

Air League in Victoria - the Beginning

While most cadets learn from their General Proficiency workbooks that the Australian Air League officially landed in Victoria in 1938, the “true” beginning might actually be a year older than we thought.

Thanks to a bit of historical detective work by Group Commissioner Ian Walkeden, we’ve uncovered a fascinating paper trail that takes us back to a small hall in the heart of Melbourne.


https://www.airleague.com.au/2026/03/15/air-league-in-victoria-the-beginning/

02/01/2026

A bird’s eye view of a line of thunderstorms in Western Australia, captured from the flight deck of a plane by pilot Michelangelo Svrznjak, is featured as the November photo in the 2026 Australian Weather Calendar.

“To see them formed perfectly, almost equally distant from each other, was pretty awesome,” Michelangelo said.

“It's the first and probably the last time I'll ever see something like that.”

This line of storms provides a visual marker for a west coast trough, observed near the coastline of Western Australia.

Forming during warmer months, the west coast trough is a zone of low pressure that develops at the boundary between warm continental easterly winds driven by the sub-tropical ridge to the south, and cooler westerly maritime air from the Indian Ocean.

The warm and cool winds collide in the atmosphere and are forced upwards, resulting in a line of showers and thunderstorms.

📆 Order your copy of the 2026 Australian Weather Calendar now at https://shop.bom.gov.au/

02/01/2026

Congratulations Taylah !!

27/12/2025

Sign up with NASA and have your name on board Artemas when it goes to the Moon next year.

Artemis is the name of NASA's program to return astronauts to the lunar surface. We are going forward to the Moon to stay.

12/12/2025

All Junior Cadets get your colouring gear out and enter!!

Home / News / Colouring Competition for Junior CadetsColouring Competition for Junior Cadets 12 December, 202512 December, 2025 Attention all Junior Cadets! Over the festive break we’ll be holding a series of competitions just for our Junior Cadets – that is cadets aged 11 and under. The first c...