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The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has released a damning report into the acquisition and service introduction of the NHI/Australian Aerospace MRH90 helicopter which was acquired under Project AIR 9000 Phases 2, 4 & 6. The acquisition of the MRH90 for all three phases of the project – to acquire an additional squadron of helicopters

The first RNZAF Beechcraft T-6C advanced trainer has made its first flight from Beechcraft’s Wichita facility in Kansas on June 10. The aircraft – NZ1401 – made the flight with a Beechcraft company crew at the controls and lasted two hours, and functionality checks such as flight performance and handling characteristics were conducted. It will

Australia Post is commemorating the 100th anniversary of Australia’s first domestic airmail flight with a limited stamp issue and a re-enactment of the first flight. The stamp issue commemorates 100 years since French aviator Maurice Guillaux made the first air mail flight in Australia between Melbourne and Sydney from July 16 and July 18 1914. The

The Department of Defence has advised that all CT-4B trainers operated by BAE Systems at the Basic Flying Training School (BFTS) at Tamworth have returned to service. Operations of the aircraft were temporarily suspended on June 10 following a precautionary forced landing by one of the CT-4Bs in a field near Gunnedah which defence has

  A preliminary report by the US National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) into the July 6 2013 Asiana Flight 214 crash at San Francisco Airport has concluded that the flightcrew’s mismanagement of the approach and inadequate monitoring of airspeed were the primary causes of the crash. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Virgin Australia has announced it will expand its carbon offset program by launching a new partnership with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy. Established in 2001, the Tasmanian Land Conservancy is a science–based, not-for-profit environmental organisation which actively manages over 30,000 hectares of land annually for nature conservation, providing a safe haven for a host of rare