Marc Joel Atrero

Boeing rolls out the big twin freighter Boeing rolled out the 777F on May 21 as soaring fuel prices and a slowing economy force many cargo airlines to re-think their airlift strategies. The aircraft is capable of carrying 113 tonnes over 4885nm burning 41 per cent less fuel than the 747-200 while carrying only a

Mount Isa’s community rescue helicopter A vast remoteness surrounds the far western Queensland mining town of Mount Isa, where much of the population of 20,000 toils in the many mines in and around the town that are riding the current resources boom. Those residents take in their stride the daily dangers involved in extracting minerals

Alliance Airlines spreads its wings Australia’s relentless resources boom is generating rapid growth for Brisbane based charter operator Alliance Airlines, which also is strengthening its relationship with Qantas regional arm QantasLink. The company, which was established six years ago from the wreckage of the Ansett group to provide commercial charter services in Queensland, now has

Keeping aircraft out of the hangar From a factory unit in Perth, Structural Monitoring Systems (SMS) has developed a technology which could dramatically reduce the maintenance costs and time taken to inspect for cracks in aircraft structures. Traditionally, cracks must be monitored by conducting visual and non destructive testing on an area of an aircraft

Within the space of two weeks, Virgin Blue and its offshoot V Australia officially commissioned new Embraer E-Jet and Boeing 777 full flight simulators. Australian Aviation attended both events to find out more. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please

Lockheed Martin is developing an Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) system to integrate with the US Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. The Super Hornet Block II already features one of the world’s most advanced radars in the APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA), but there will be tactical situations where the aircraft will want to operate