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AA’s Owen Zupp’s 2010 flight around Australia is growing closer by the day with the departure date set at May 5 from Jabiru’s Bundaberg facility. Planning is at a feverish pace, though the most significant development stems from the production of the flight’s Jabiru J230D. Just over two weeks into the process, the high-wing tourer

The first Citation CJ4 to be built on the type’s new assembly line at Cessna’s Wichita, Kansas, plant, made its first flight on February 17. Meanwhile, Cessna has also confirmed that CJ4 performance will be better than early projections, with a maximum cruise speed of over 450kt (up from 435kt) and a maximum range of

Victorian Coroner Peter White has recommended CASA immediately issue an airworthiness directive (AD) to ground the kit built Rotorway Exec 162 helicopter, following the death of Andrew Mull who was fatally injured after his Rotorway Exec 162, VH-AMB, crashed in a paddock at Tawonga, northeast Victoria, on March 29 2006. Handing down his findings in

As expected, the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA) has confirmed that total shipments for GA and business aircraft saw a major decline during 2009 as the global economic crisis savaged the markets for piston aircraft and business jets. Total unit shipments were down by 42.6 per cent compared to 2008, with only 2276 aircraft delivered