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…long range ‘widebody’ Bombardier Global series aircraft (top) to turboprops such as the PC-12 (below). (Andrew Mclaughlin & Seth Jaworski) Business aviation’s rising fortunes It shouldn’t come as a surprise that when business booms, so too does business aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading

RAAF Orions on patrol Without seeking or generating much attention and publicity, the RAAF’s Lockheed AP-3C Orion maritime patrol and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) force has quietly gone about providing the ADF a critical intelligence gathering capability. Home based at RAAF Edinburgh on the northern outskirts of Adelaide, 10 and 11SQNs operate 18 upgraded

Qantas A330 autoland emergency at Perth With only 30 minutes of fuel remaining over minimum reserves, and unable to reach an alternate airport, a Qantas Airbus A330-300 was forced to declare an emergency and resort to an automatic landing in darkness and fog at Perth in the early hours of September 16 last year, according

Sunday September 23 saw the last flight of the Bell UH-1H Iroquois by an operational Army squadron after a distinguished 45 year career serving the Army, Navy and Air Force. Army’s A Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment (5 Avn Regt), 16 Brigade (Aviation), was tasked to fly to Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, for a public relations

Australia took a big step towards its vision for a networked military in October with the announcement that the ADF will invest $927 million in one of a constellation of six Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) communications satellites. The deal, which had been rumoured for several months, was given the final go-ahead by the ADF with

The A380 era begins The scribes, sub editors, TV producers and even advertisers had a field day with the first commercial flight of the A380 from Singapore to Sydney. Superlatives flowed and Singapore Airlines executives were all smiles for the long overdue and much heralded first commercial service. Indeed a “new dawn of aviation” had