Marc Joel Atrero

Will Boeing follow Airbus’s re-engining lead? In early December Airbus ended almost 12 months of speculation and applied the blowtorch to Boeing by launching as an option the re-engine of the A320 Family (but not the A318) with either the CFM International LEAP-X or Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G geared turbofan, reigniting the ‘sporty game’.

Six decades of NZ aerial topdressing October saw the city of Gisborne recognise six decades of New Zealand agricultural aviation centred on Lawson Field, founder of Fieldair. Fieldair operated 19 DHC‑2 Beavers as well as six L-18 Loadstars and 12 DC-3s carrying out aerial topdressing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

Commercial 787 fire started in power panel Boeing says that the fire on board one of its 787 Dreamliner test aircraft started in its P100 power panel and spread into one of the aircraft’s insulation blankets which self-extinguished the fire once the fault in the power panel was cleared. “Damage to the ZA002 P100 panel

December just witnessed the most significant transformation in Australia’s airpower disposition in a generation. Not since the F/A-18A/B Hornet replaced the Mirage a quarter of a century ago have we seen a transformation as significant as the retirement of the F-111 and the standing up of the F/A-18F Super Hornet. December 2/3’s retirement ceremonies and

The seriousness of the uncontained engine failure that crippled a Qantas A380 in early November after take-off from Singapore become apparent as less glamorous but far more lethal wreckage was uncovered. Well away from the high profile engine cowling wreckage with the familiar Qantas colours of red and white which media focused on there was

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AGQ Ayres S2R‑T34 Turbo Thrush T34‑237 22/9/10 AGA Services, PO Box 1231 Deniliquin NSW 2710 N445JM N2054F BGM Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP 172S10991 28/9/10 Aeromil Pacific, PO Box 199 Georges This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest