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AuthorAlliance Airlines and Aviation Australia join forces
October 25, 2013 0 commentAviation training organisation Aviation Australia and FIFO operator Alliance Airlines will enhance their joint training efforts under a memorandum of understanding signed between the parties this week. The MoU will see Alliance agreeing to employ up to seven graduates of Aviation Australia’s Aeroskills training program as apprentices in 2014 and the placement into storage of
Read moreStrong third quarter for Boeing
October 25, 2013 0 commentBoeing has reported growth in its third-quarter earnings of 20 per cent to US$2.1 billion over the same period last year, on revenues of US$22.1 billion. Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ third-quarter revenue increased to US$14.0 billion in a period that saw the company complete its first 787-9 first and the launch of the 787-10. Boeing intends
Read moreMoore-Wilton wonders who’s been smokin’ what
October 24, 2013 14 commentIf what was reported in the Daily Telegraph that the new government is getting ready to pour concrete at Badgery’s Creek, a 60-year-old hoodoo is broken. The newspaper suggests federal treasurer Joe Hockey is seeking to include funding for an airport at Badgerys Creek in the 2014/15 budget to help stimulate a slowing economy. Certainly
Read moreSpeakers confirmed for women in aviation summit
October 24, 2013 0 commentAviation/Aerospace Australia has confirmed its initial speakers list for the upcoming Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia National Summit in Melbourne on November 18. Representing a cross-section of women from within the aviation and aerospace industries, the summit will also hear from senior executive women in other industry sectors. Kathryn Fagg – board member, Reserve Bank of Australia; chair, Melbourne Recital Centre
Read moreC295 begins firebomber trials
October 23, 2013 0 commentAirbus Military has released this image and basic details of a C295 modified as an aerial firebomber undergoing flight trials. “Airbus Military has begun trials of water bombing with a specially modified C295 aircraft at a site near Cordoba, Spain specialized in firefighting,” the company said in a statement. “The flights went well and further
Read morePhotographs capture United 747-400 tyre failure
October 22, 2013 15 commentA United 747-400 departing Sydney on October 20 suffered tyre failure on takeoff, remarkably captured here by Australian Aviation reader Quoc Mach Nguyen. The aircraft, operating UA840 with 227 passengers and 14 crew aboard, returned to Sydney one and a half hours later after dumping fuel. The emergency landing and closure of the runway as
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