Year: 2018

The University of South Australia will be able to offer multi-crew cooperation (MCC) pilot training courses with the acquisition of a new flight simulator, which was due to be delivered in December and be certified and ready for operations for the start of the new university year in 2018. The university has chosen New Zealand-based Pacific

To celebrate our relaunch and our recent 40th anniversary, Australian Aviation has released a limited edition run of our new January-February 2018 issue. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed

To celebrate our relaunch and our recent 40th anniversary, Australian Aviation has released a limited edition run of our new January-February 2018 issue. Just 100 copies of the January-February issue have been produced, featuring a unique wraparound cover design, silver foil highlights, and the marking “40/17” to denote the magazine’s 40th anniversary celebrated in late 2017.

Technology provider SITA says trials of facial recognition technology at Brisbane Airport have shown a 70 per cent reduction in processing times for boarding and checkin. In March, Air New Zealand, Brisbane Airport and SITA commenced an Australia first trial featuring the use of facial recognition technology at checkin and at the boarding gate. This

The USAF has contracted Boeing under a Foreign Military Sales arrangement to manufacture 36 new F-15QA fighters for Qatar. The US6.1bn (A$7.8bn) contract is somewhat less than the estimated US$21bn (A$27bn) deal that was approved by the US State Department in November 2016, but may just represent a first tranche. This content is available exclusively

US Marine Corps F-35Bs will make their combat debut in the Central Command area of operations in the next few months, a report on marinecorpstimes.com says. The aircraft have been embarked on two assault ships attached to two Marine expeditionary units (MEUs). The 31st MEU with the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp is en route