iscoverHybrid Air Vehicles’ (HAV) Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft, has successfully completed its first flight. The aircraft, which at 92m in length is longer than both the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, completed its maiden flight at Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire, England on Wednesday evening (local time). This content is available exclusively to Australian
Airbus has rolled out the first completed A350-1000 at its Toulouse manufacturing facility. The aircraft, which has production number MSN059 and temporary registration F-WMIL, emerged from the paint shop on Friday, July 29, minus a pair of powerplants on each wing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
Hawker Pacific expects the recently-launched Cessna Denali to prove particularly attractive for aeromedical service providers looking to upgrade from the Pilatus PC-12. Textron Aviation unveiled a mockup of its clean-sheet single-engine turboprop design, which is expected to make its first flight some time in 2018, at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wisconsin this week. This
Bombardier’s clean-sheet CSeries has completed its maiden commercial flight with launch customer Swiss. The CS100, registration HB-JBA, operated flight LX638 on Friday (European time), taking off from Zurich at 1230 and touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle about two hours later. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
Airbus will trim the production rate of its flagship A380 to one aircraft a month from 2018. The airframe confirmed the rate reduction at the Farnborough Air Show on Tuesday (European time). In 2015, Airbus delivered 27 A380s to its airline customers. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member
Budget carrier AirAsia has ordered 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft which are likely to be used for Australian flights shortly after their introduction. The order was announced by AirAsia Group chief executive Tony Fernandes and AirAsia chief executive Aireen Omar on Day Two of the Farnborough Air Show on Tuesday (European time). It is the largest
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