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P-8 confirmed, Triton progresses RAAF AP-3C Orion replacement plans firm up Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft is set to enter RAAF service from 2017 after the federal government approved the acquisition of eight and options on a further four. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Fairbairn Defence Establishment, Canberra Airport

Air New Zealand’s 787 shows the art of the possible As Winston Churchill said, never waste a crisis. When you have a crisis that is the opportunity to make changes that are probably very difficult to do in a status quo situation. The people within the organisation were up for change because they knew the

No time machine to change Qantas fleet order – Joyce Random says: Just because the A380 works for Emirates doesn’t mean it’s necessarily the best option for Qantas. Emirates very handily finds itself geographically advantaged by through traffic as it can be halfway or so between a vast number of cities. This content is available

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10 years ago The maiden flight of the Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, N277SF, took place from Mojave Airport, California on March 5. Designed by Burt Rutan, the aircraft is planned to be used for the first solo, non-stop, around-the-world flight flown by Steve Fossett. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Two new types and one heavily modified older type are included in the New Allocations this issue covering a WW2 fighter, an amateur-built replica and a medium sized biz jet. The Yakovlev Yak-3 was a Soviet WW2 fighter which was much loved by Russian pilots and ground crew for its performance and its easy to