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Farnborough boosts airframers’ order books It was the Farnborough of old as orders and the competitive juices flowed and new aircraft strutted their stuff. Crowds were wowed by both the brut power of the F-22 and the almost silent 787. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue

What the new turboprops mean for regional aviation The last few years have seen a major resurgence in the market for turboprops, with a number of new programs underway and some older designs seeing a renaissance. Although many analysts were predicting the demise of turboprops in the regional airliner market during the 1990s and 2000s

Fokkers fly on in Australia Although they are both long out of production, Australia’s growing fleet of Fokker aircraft are testament to the advanced design and of the Dutch manufacturer. While the last Fokker 50 (F50) turboprops and Fokker 100 (F100) jets were completed in 1997 following the bankruptcy of Fokker in 1996, nowadays the

BAE Systems’ maintenance base The BAE Systems Australia facility at RAAF Williamtown/Newcastle Airport was built in 1998 to support the local assembly of 22 of the RAAF’s then new BAE Systems Hawk 127 Lead In Fighters (LIF), but also with the potential assembly of Eurofighter Typhoon fighters which BAE Systems was planning to pitch to

Ten years of Virgin Blue August 31 is a major milestone for Virgin Blue, with the airline celebrating its 10th anniversary – a feat that at some stages appeared unlikely. For an airline which famously started off as a concept nutted out on beer coasters in a London pub during the 1993 Ashes Test series

The venerable Beechcraft King Air, despite approaching 50 years since the original model first flew, is one of those iconic aircraft that just refuses to submit to old age, continually being reinvented and reborn to keep it ahead of its much younger competition. From the original Model 90 of 1961, rather than ageing, the King