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AuthorBoeing, Thales selected for AIR 9000 Phase 7: reports
January 8, 2014 0 commentBoeing Defence Australia and Thales Australia have reportedly been selected as the preferred tenderer to provide the ADF’s new Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) under AIR 9000 Phase 7. 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
Read moreChina Airlines named as first customer for Air NZ’s Skycouch
January 7, 2014 0 commentTaiwan’s China Airlines has been named as the first customer for Air New Zealand’s innovative Skycouch. 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 in on this device. If you
Read moreBoeing boasts record commercial deliveries, backlog for 2013
January 7, 2014 0 commentBoeing says it experienced a record year for commercial aircraft deliveries in 2013, handing over 648 airliners and finishing the year with a 5,080 strong aircraft order backlog. 2013 was also the company’s second biggest year for new orders, booking 1,532 new orders (and net orders of 1,355 after cancellations). The 737, 777 and 787
Read moreRAAF C-17 provides South Sudan airlift support
January 6, 2014 0 commentA RAAF 36SQN c-17 Globemaster is operating a number flights into South Sudan in support of the United Nations mission there following attacks on the civilian population and UN workers in the strike torn African nation. C-17A A41-208 landed at the South Sudan capital of Juba on January 3 carrying aid equipment and supplies, flying
Read moreA350 MSN2 rolls out in carbon paint scheme
January 6, 2014 0 commentA350 XWB flight test aircraft MSN2 has rolled out of the paint shop from Airbus’s Toulouse, France facilities wearing a distinctive paint scheme to highlight the aircraft’s carbon fibre composite construction. MSN2 will be the third A530 test aircraft to fly, and is due to join the flight test program “in coming weeks”, Airbus says.
Read more787-9 visits Auckland en route to Alice Springs hot weather trials
January 5, 2014 9 commentThe second of three Boeing 787-9 flight test aircraft, ZB002, touched down in Auckland on Saturday evening en route to Alice Springs for week-long hot weather testing. ZB002 landed at Auckland after a 13 hour, 49 minute direct flight from Seattle, with Boeing taking advantage of the 787-9’s first trip outside the US to show
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