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Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of an A320 to Jetstar Pacific and the withdrawal from service of a Qantas 747-400. Qantas ferried A380-842 VH‑OQK from Sydney to Manila as QF6009 on July 20 for planned maintenance with Lufthansa Technik. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

Australia grounds Tiger fleet after German helicopter crashes Defence has grounded the Australian Army’s Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter fleet, following a fatal crash involving a German Tiger in Mali. As of August 14, Defence decided to cease flying operations “until further information becomes available”, a spokesperson for Defence told Australian Aviation. This content is available

Ninety-nine per cent there on OneSky contract – Airservices chair Airservices Australia board chair Sir Angus Houston has told a Senate committee that the air navigation service provider is “99 per cent ready to go” to sign contracts for the new OneSky air traffic management system. Since February 2015, Airservices has been negotiating with Thales

Key upgrades to the Hawk will ensure it is better able to train the fifth-gen fighter pilots of the future Four decades ago as the Air Force was on the cusp of transitioning its frontline fighter force into the 21st century as it looked to replace the Mirage with a newgeneration fighter, the very first

Celebrating 40 years of Australian Aviation Remarkably, as the first edition of AADR was going to press I really became concerned that there would be nothing to put in next year’s edition! Maybe I had already written about all there was to report on in the foreseeable future and there was nothing more to cover?”

10 Years Ago Following the launch of the two-seat Cessna 162 Skycatcher at the EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh orders had reached over 400. The Light Sport Aircraft is offered at US$109,500 for the first 1000 aircraft increasing to US$111,500 thereafter. Airbus announced on August 16 that the first A380 delivery will be made to Singapore