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ADF on the verge of embracing unmanned aircraft The Australia Defence Force looks to be on the cusp of an unmanned aircraft revolution – that much is clear walking around the recent Avalon Airshow. All three services have been relatively late adapters of unmanned, or remotely piloted, aircraft. The Army has led the way with

Boeing, Bell eye opportunities in the potential early replacement of the Tiger ARH Under current Defence planning, the Australian Army’s Tiger ARH, the subject of a critical ANAO report published in September 2016 which highlighted the program’s lower than expected serviceability rates and growing obsolescence issues, is slated to be upgraded under the LAND 9000

Tragic Grumman Mallard Accident The annual Perth Australia Day fireworks display was cancelled when Grumman G-73 Mallard, VH-CQA, crashed into the Swan River in front of thousands of spectators. The aircraft was a last minute entry in the annual Skyworks event. The big amphibian had made two touch and go landings and was about to

Will VLAs survive until they’re really needed? Ten years after the introduction of the Airbus A380 into service, and five years since the Boeing 747-8I began flying with Lufthansa, the market for very large aircraft (VLA) like these is looking glum. Numerous factors have contributed to their decline in popularity among airlines: the efficiency of

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of an A320-200 to Jetstar Pacific. Qantas operated a charter with 747-438 VH-OJS to Antarctica from Melbourne on December 31 as QF2904. After seeing in the New Year over the ice VH-OJS returned to Melbourne on January 1.

SilkAir links Cairns, Darwin to Asia and the world When SilkAir launched its first flights to Darwin in 2012, comparisons with Jetstar in this part of the world were in some ways inevitable. After all, the Australian travelling public had become all too aware of the differences between the legacy Qantas and its low-cost offshoot