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Beauty in aviation It’s no coincidence that Dassault’s Falcon 5X is a beautiful looking aeroplane. For an aircraft yet to enter flight test, it’s too early to say if the old maxim that ‘if it looks right if flies right’ holds true for the 5X, but there is definitely some truth in that accepted wisdom.

Airservices and RAAF sign MoA on unmanned aircraft systems Chris G says: Good to see the RAAF and ASA making incremental steps towards Triton. Heron has a 16m wingspan, flies at 180km/h up to 9km in altitude for 24 hrs. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

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10 years ago The Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd (TAECO) in Xiamen, China has begun the conversion of the first Boeing 747-400SF Special Freighter under supervision by Boeing. The modification of a former Cathay Pacific 747 passenger aircraft to a freighter for that airline involves the installation of a rear cargo door and main deck

Signs of change at CASA Things seem to be moving at CASA. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure Warren Truss’s Letter of Expectations is very clear in wanting the CASA board to be on the front foot in carrying out its responsibilities under the Act. Any notion that the board is ‘advisory’ only has

Most interesting of the New Allocations this month is Rotor Force at Woodford, Queensland which has imported the first two McDonnell Douglas 600N helicopters to be seen on the local register, EPJ and EPY. Rotor Force specialises in very low-level powerline surveys and has been very conscious of the noise footprint of its helicopters operating