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GippsAero GA10: a real contender In an increasingly exciting journey GippsAERO’s latest offering, the GA10 turboprop, has made its maiden flight, carrying aloft not only the hopes of its maker but also a great deal of expectation. In the beginning This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

Wedgetail, C-130s take on Red Flag Alaska 2012 Red Flag Alaska 12-2 saw as diverse a range of aircraft and air forces as one could expect at an exercise that is the regional benchmark for large-scale air combat simulation. The RAAF has previously sent a range of units to participate in this two-week exercise, from

ATR on the up and up Reports of the death of turboprops in the 1990s and early 2000s have, to borrow a quote, been greatly exaggerated, with manufacturer ATR going from strength to strength. The 31 year old company has enjoyed continuing strong sales for its 50- and 70-seat turboprops, and last year the company

Emirates comes out punching on subsidies The recent ‘made in heaven’ marriage between Virgin Australia and Etihad has swung the spotlight well and truly on two reluctant partners — Qantas and Emirates. While most of the media and analysts have the two walking down the aisle at some stage, both are playing coy, at least

The Airbus Military A400M Atlas It may be running late, have had a rocky development, and is still encountering some problems, but the Airbus Military A400M Atlas is as close as it ever has been to entering service with Europe’s air forces. With its origins back into large aircraft studies back in the 1980s, it

Charles Darwin and the flight training manager Mention Charles Darwin and the immediate association usually is with the term ‘survival of the fittest’ — actually coined by British philosopher Herbert Spencer and later used by Darwin. But evolution is not about survival of the fittest, a meaningless term unless a frozen ‘fitness landscape’ is specifically