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Garuda Indonesia has appointed Bagus Y Siregar as its senior general manager South West Pacific, based in Sydney. Siregar previously held a number of general manager positions within Garuda. He has been with the airline for 23 years. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the

Bell Helicopters has appointed Larry D Roberts as its senior vice president commercial business, with responsibility for the sales, marketing and program development of Bell’s line of commercial helicopters. Roberts is joining Bell from American Eurocopter, where he served as vice president of sales, marketing and customer support. He simultaneously served as director of US

Robert White, the first pilot to exceed Mach 4, Mach 5 and Mach 6, and still the fastest pilot to ever fly a powered aircraft, has died at his home in Orlando, Florida, aged 82. In 1961, White, then a USAF test pilot, took the Rockwell X-15 rocket plane beyond the milestone speeds in the

The US DoD has nominated Vice Admiral David Venlet to replace Maj Gen David Heinz as the head of the JSF Program Office (JPO). A former F-14 radar intercept officer (RIO) and pilot, A-4 adversary pilot and test pilot, Venlet is a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient after shooting down a Libyan Su-22 in the 1980s.