Three experienced pilots died in a Cessna 441 crash because they were flying too low while attempting an engine failure training exercise, an ATSB investigation has concluded.
The Royal Australian Air Force’s highly advanced airborne early warning and control capability, the E-7A Wedgetail, is now celebrating 10 years since its introduction into RAAF service.
A Solomon Airlines A320-232 repatriation flight landed in Sydney and the Brisbane yesterday.
It cost more than a $1 billion, was in construction for eight years and took the collective effort of 3,700 people and 3.3 million manhours – but yesterday work finished on Brisbane’s new runway under the eerie quiet of a coronavirus lockdown.
The number of incidents involving ‘near encounters’ between remotely piloted and manned aircraft has doubled in three years, Australian Aviation can reveal.
Virgin Australia’s administrator has told the first meeting of shareholders that there are now 20 parties interested in buying the airline – up from 10 confirmed last week.