iscoverQueensland University of Technology engineers are creating a solar-powered UAV capable of providing 24-hour coverage to emergency services. Designed by PHD student Wessam Al Sabban and aerospace avionics engineering supervisor Dr Felipe Gonzalez, the Green Falcon solar UAV has completed its preliminary flight testing and with further development and funding, could be available for use
Forecast International has released a new report which claims that production of business jets will fall during 2010-2011, and then rise again in 2012. The company notes that the strong growth experienced up to 2008 drew to a grinding halt at the end of that year, forcing manufacturers to cut production. As a result, the
Pel-Air Westwind VH-NGA operating a Careflight International aeromedical evacuation flight from Apia in Western Samoa to Melbourne made a successful emergency night ditching near Norfolk Island after apparent fuel exhaustion on Wednesday evening after encountering “deteriorating weather conditions”. “After several unsuccessful approaches and with diminishing fuel, the pilot-in-command, Captain Dominic James, made the decision to
A 1930s style aircraft control tower was opened on November 7 at Luskintyre Airfield in honour of the late pioneering aviatrix Nancy-Bird Walton. The 16m high tower features three viewing levels, including a 15sq m viewing area at the base with a garden featuring Nancy-Bird Camelias. Erected beside the memorial tower is a 16m flagpole,
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation has announced that a King Air 350ER recently completed a nonstop trans-Atlantic flight during a delivery flight to the UK Ministry of Defence for use as part of the Military Flying Training System. The flight saw the modified King Air fly from Wichita, Kansas, to Bournemouth in the UK with only a
Local Cessna Citation distributor Aeromil Pacific has brought a Citation Sovereign business jet to Australia for demonstration flights as part of a wider regional tour. The aircraft came into Bankstown on November 15 from Indonesia after stops in Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore, before heading on to Orange and Adelaide the next day. This
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