Year: 2018

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news Two Fokkers for Hars! The HARS airliner collection expands yet again! From New Zealand HARS has obtained two Fokker F27 Friendships previously operated by Airwork Flight Operations of Manukau. ZH-POH, c/n 10680, was struck off the NZ register on January 16 to surface on the Australian register as

Clear skies and Australia’s rugged outback have greeted the arrival of Qantas’s fourth Boeing 787-9, which features a special indigenous livery inspired by the work of artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye. The aircraft, VH-ZND, departed Boeing’s final assembly line at Everett a little after 2100 (local time) on Wednesday. Some 15 and a half hours and

The United States Navy has awarded Boeing a US$73m (A$94m) contract to begin extending the service lives of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The service life modification (SLM) upgrade is a key element of the emerging Super Hornet Block III enhancement package, and will see the aircraft’s airframe life extended from 6,000 hours to more

Embraer’s E190-E2 regional jet has received certification from authorities in Brazil, Europe and the United States, paving the way for first delivery to Scandinavia-based carrier Wideroe. The aircraft received its type certificate from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety

2018 is looking good as a year AAAA’s outlook for the coming year is unusually optimistic – including on the regulatory front. Recent media coverage has started to shine a light on the pilot shortage and short-term visa changes, but it is yet to make the links between those issues and the underpinning causes of

Landing and parking fees are not unreasonable at regional airports I was disappointed to read about the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia’s (AOPA) call to scrap general aviation landing and overnight parking fees at Wagga Wagga recently (Daily Advertiser, January 11 2018). AOPA’s ludicrous claim that the City of Wagga is imposing conditions