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Airbus RAAF C-130J maintenance deal extended
/Airbus Australia Pacific will continue to provide through life support (TLS) for the RAAF’s Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules for a further two years through to 2024.
Read more »London Gatwick shut down after drones make “deliberate attempt to disrupt flights”
The UK’s second busiest airport, London Gatwick, was completely closed after one or more drones of what UK aviation minister Liz Sugg called “industrial specification” were flown in critical flightpaths and over the airport.
Read more »Heads of agreement for sovereign sustainment of RAAF F-35s signed
/The Commonwealth has signed a Heads of Agreement for Australian Sovereign Sustainment Contracts for the RAAF F-35 program with Lockheed Martin.
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AA PODCAST #27: A day in the life of a Virgin Australia 737 captain with Michelle Huntington
/We were lucky enough to spend the day with Captain Michelle Huntington while filming a feature on the day in the life of a Virgin Australia airline pilot.
Read more »TBT – Mendoowoorrji, a Qantas flying canvas
/ | 1 Comment on TBT – Mendoowoorrji, a Qantas flying canvas737 Mendoowoorrji was the fourth aircraft in Qantas’s flying art series.
Read more »ATSB investigation into Beaver crash to examine pilot health, lack of flight recording systems
/The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)’s continuing investigation into the crash of a Sydney Seaplanes Beaver floatplane into Jerusalem Bay, north of Sydney on December 31 2017 which killed all six people on board will continue to examine the pilot’s health. The ATSB released its interim factual report into the accident involving de Havilland Canada DHC-2
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