Marc Joel Atrero

Big news, bigger crowds for Australian Intl Airshow Great weekend weather and a diverse flying program attracted strong public day crowds to the tenth Australian International Airshow at Avalon in early March, even if the number of trade exhibitors, and the size of their displays, was well down on previous events. Always a show in

Boeing’s Super Hornet grows with next gen upgrades A stealthier, longer ranging, and more powerful F/A-18E/F Super Hornet armed with a host of next generation capabilities may be a future possibility for the RAAF, with Boeing offering a preview of its Super Hornet International Roadmap during last month’s Avalon’s Airshow. From the initial Block 1

Teams line up for Air 9000 Phase 7 Three new teaming announcements for the ADF’s Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) requirement were revealed at the Avalon Airshow. The HATS requirement will see Army Bell 206B Kiowas and Navy AS350BA Squirrel (pictured above) training helicopters replaced with a joint service training capability

RAAF to get fifth C-17 The Australian government has requested pricing and availability from the US for a fifth Boeing C-17A Globemaster III strategic airlifter for the RAAF. Defence Minister Stephen Smith made the announcement on the eve of the Avalon Airshow at the Chief of Air Force’s dinner in Melbourne on February 28. “Recent

Further evidence of Virgin Blue’s ‘Game Change’ strategy is emerging. On the same day as Virgin Blue revealed its first half profit result for 2010-11, the airline announced its decision to acquire ATR 72s for its regional operation, and unveiled its new business class product for its A330-200s, the first of which subsequently arrived in

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