Please contact us on 0438 767 727 or email to discuss your requirements. Aviation Report Downunder, launched as a brand at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon 2015, with the intent to publish content authoritatively on matters of Australian aviation news and heritage with a focus on military matters - supported by high quality photography. We aim to do this in an easily readable, access
ible format without the inexplicable jargon, both in print and online. With airport ramp access assured (we carry ASIC card), Aviation Report Downunder undertakes location shoots, air-to-air and flight deck per your specific requirements. Some examples of our work may be seen in our portfolio at: https://flic.kr/ps/3TW6uv
Our coverage has included promoting events such as Exercise Pitch Black, Exercise Talisman Sabre and ADF commitments to Anzac Day, Remembrance Day, daily ADF Airshow coverage (eg: Edinburgh Airshow in 2019) and ADF-specific activities (ie: Operation Slipper stand-down, fleet retirements and new acquisition launches) as well as coverage of the Air Force 100 commemorations. We were selected to provide additional photographic coverage of the 31 March 2021 Centenary flypast over Canberra as featured in the RAAF illustrated history "Then. We focus on promoting our emergency services sector including Police, Ambulance and aviation fire-fighting and founded the specialist page Victorian Emergency Services Air Assets to fill a gap in coverage of this important sector. Aviation Report Downunder founder and photo-journalist, Dion Makowski, with a background in aircraft restoration and photography, from 1989 was a founding Director of Clyde North Aeronautical Preservation Group - preserving aviation hardware, imagery and data. "Commencing in 2008, I was publisher of Aviation Heritage - the Journal of the Aviation Historical Society of Australia Inc., and AHSA Newsletter and am currently active on the Society's committee. My work appears in online specialist aviation publications including Flightpath Magazine, Photorecon.net, Classicwarbirds.net and Spotter e-Magazine (as well as in our own webpage and social media). My photographic work has been utilised in commercial publications, advertising and aviation house journals. I specialise in aviation photo-journalism, showcasing current ADF and emergency services activities and continue to photograph and research the heritage of fast jets, helicopters, warbirds and antique aircraft and their operators." Aviation Report Downunder features the work of a group of talented, enthusiastic and respected photographers, researchers and writers who have contributed to this site and to our ongoing social media reach.
