Australian Aviation

10 Years Ago • Lockheed Martin Alenia Tactical Transport Systems rolled out the first prototype C-27J transport at the Alenia factory at Turin/Caselle on June 14. The aircraft was converted from the G. 222TCM demonstrator I-CERX. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content

Merlin Powered Kittyhawk Flys! It Was More Than Twenty Years in the Making, the Rebuilding and Flying of an Aircraft, That in Theory Should Never Have Taken to the Skies Again. That Aircraft Was Curtiss P-40f Kittyhawk Serial 41-14112. A Unique Model in That It Was Powered by a Merlin Engine, Rather Than the Usual

Qantas Group News Qantas Was Planning to Take Delivery of Its Fourth A380-842, Vh-oqd Fergus Mcmaster, in Late May With the Aircraft to Enter Service in Early June. 767-338er Vh-ogp Has Been Painted in the New Qantas Livery by Tae at Raaf Richmond. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian

An Australian thoroughbred As the various fleets of GA trainers continue to age, more questions than answers seem to arise about the future direction of this category of aircraft. Fortunately, one aircraft is offering a viable solution and best of all, it’s home grown! I walked along a flightline of GA trainers the other day

Dassault takes bizjet performance to new heights Dassault’s Falcon range of business jets are often be considered among the Rolls-Royce of business jets, and its flagship Falcon 7X is no exception. The first new design Falcon trijet since the Model 50 of the 1970s – which itself spawned the Falcon 900 series and the twinjet

Australia’s New Air Combat Capability Major defence acquisition programs are almost invariably accompanied by controversy. Often such controversy proves to be misplaced, as the exceptional in-service performance of the once-disparaged F-111 strike aircraft and Collins class submarine has shown. Yet even allowing for that history, much of the debate surrounding the Australian Defence Force’s project