Briton Paul Bonhomme has taken out the 2009 Red Bull Air Race after winning the final round of the Race in Barcelona, while Australian rookie Matt Hall finished his first championship in third place. Bonhomme secured the championship from Austrian Hannes Arch after winning the round, with compatriot Nigel Lamb coming second while German rookie
Perth based Maroomba Airlines has been awarded a contract to operate the WA section of the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Hawker 800XP emergency medical jet, which will be launched in November. “Maroomba Airlines won the hotly-contested tender to provide jet services to the Royal Flying Doctor Service following a rigorous tender process,” said RFDS Director
The first production Cessna Skycatcher manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation made its first flight on September 17. “The Skycatcher program continues to make significant progress, today with the first flight of our very first aircraft produced on production tooling, following closely on the heels of our announcement in July of ASTM compliance for the aircraft,”
Cessna Aircraft Company chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton formally opened the Regional Aviation Association of Australia’s annual convention on the morning of October 1. Pelton was the keynote speaker at the RAAA’s 10th annual convention, being held at the Hyatt Coolum on the Sunshine Coast, and told the approximately 300 delegates of the travails
Gulfstream Aerospace rolled out the first example of its new ultra large cabin flagship G650 on September 29, at its headquarters in Savannah, Georgia. “We’ve all been looking forward to this day since we officially announced the G650 program last year,” said Joe Lombardo, executive vice president of General Dynamics Aerospace group, which is the
Bundaberg’s Jabiru Aircraft has come on board as a major sponsor of Australian Aviation contributor Owen Zupp’s ‘There and Back’ initiative, providing an aircraft to undertake next year’s around Australia flight. “The choice of the Australian built Jabiru J230 will make ‘There and Back’ a truly all-Australian flight,” said Owen. This content is available exclusively