iscoverThe Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has announced a new scholarship for 2011, with Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey sponsoring the opportunity for an aircraft engineer to work at its German facilities. Valued at $10,500, the RAAA Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey Powerplant Maintenance + Overhaul Scholarship will be awarded to a current LAME or final year apprentice who has demonstrated
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations has officially launched its fifth and final new Pilatus PC-12 aeromedical aircraft acquired under the Adelaide based division of the RFDS’s largest single aircraft replacement program. In service for three months, PC-12 VH-FVF was officially named in honour of retiring RFDS Central Operations board member Barry Lodge in
Airbus is sponsoring an innovative two-seat electric-powered aircraft at the international Aero-Expo in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Known as ‘eGenius’, the aircraft technology demonstrator was designed by the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Aircraft Design, with Airbus being the project’s main sponsor. Data collected from ‘eGenius’ will be analysed by an Airbus Future Project team in order
Pilatus Aircraft has reported on a solid financial year in 2010, generating record revenues and operating profits. The Swiss company generated sales of CHF 688m (A$734m) and an operating profit of CHF 88m (A$94m), both figures up over 11 per cent on 2009. Nonetheless, new orders for the year and the order backlog were both
Cessna has announced an upgrade for its Corvalis high-performance single-engine piston, the Corvalis TTX. “At the heart of the new Cessna TTX is the first touch-screen-controlled glass flightdeck ever designed for a piston aircraft. The G2000 represents a new generation in advanced avionics,” Cessna chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton said. This content is available
A Gulfstream G650 development aircraft has crashed on takeoff, killing all four occupants on board during flight testing at Roswell, New Mexico, on Saturday morning (April 2). The aircraft, N652GD, was conducting breaking takeoff performance tests when the accident occurred, with the G650’s right wing tip striking the runway just after it became airborne. This
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