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Captain de Crespigny chronicles QF32 It can well be argued that never has there been an aircraft so badly damaged and brought back safely than flight QF32 — an Airbus A380, VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton. The extent of the damage was well illustrated in the June edition of Australian Aviation with Managing Editor Gerard Frawley’s in-depth

Wedgetail matures with final delivery The RAAF finally has its full complement of six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft with the May delivery of the final aircraft to 2SQN at Williamtown. The aircraft is the first to be loaded with the latest software ‘drop’ which should allow the aircraft to achieve its long-awaited initial operating

Sean Donohue, Chief operating officer, Virgin Australia Does Sean Donohue have the longest to-do list in aviation? Does Sean Donohue have the longest to-do list in aviation? As chief operating officer for Australia’s second largest airline group, the veteran air-line executive is in charge of implementing many of the substantial changes that have seen Virgin

It’s a trade-off: that’s how May’s budget announcement that the RAAF’s eight remaining C-130H Hercules would be withdrawn between one to four years early was largely seen – a way of helping save the long-running AIR 8000 Battlefield Airlifter project from the axe. The C-130H entered service in 1978, and after mid-life upgrades in the

Virgin Australia has revealed what appears to be the first step of renewing its fleet, announcing an order for up to 27 Boeing 737 MAXes on July 5. The airline has placed a firm order for 23 Boeing 737 MAX 8s (737-8s) and and four options, with the aircraft to be delivered from 2019 to

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