Australian Aviation

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news Mustangs Take Flight The first and the last time, maybe. Wednesday December 6 saw Mustangs VH-JUC and VH-URZ/ A68-199 make a formation flight. The Judy Pay/Dick Houriganowned CAC Mustang A68-105/ VH-JUC was being flown by Nick Caldwell, while Peter Gills’s VH‑URZ was being flown by Bernie Heuser with

Key aircraft movements from across the region Qantas Group News The second Qantas 787-9, msn 39039/641, was registered VH‑ZNB on November 13 and operated its maiden flight on November 30, from Paine Field to Moses Lake and return. VH-ZNB Waltzing Matilda was then delivered to Qantas in Melbourne on December 10. 787-9 VH-ZNC msn 39040/655

CHC brings the AW189 to Australia There is a new presence in the skies over Western Australia, with CHC’s recent introduction of the next-generation Leonardo AW189 helicopter. Based in Karratha, three of the Italian-built ‘super medium’ AW189s – the first in Australia – began flying in support of Woodside’s North-West Shelf operations in November. This

Blockchain poised to transform the backend of commercial aviation Blockchain might sound like the kind of digital development you’d read about on a technology website rather than in Australian Aviation, but it holds the key to a set of changes to the way the airline industry works as revolutionary as computerised reservation systems or online

First person view drone racing takes off They sound like angry bees swarming around trees, darting at speed through hoops, in and out of buildings, across fields, looping and rolling and hurtling towards an aerial finish line. This is the fledgling sport of drone racing, where adrenaline pumps, nerves are steeled and reflexes are sharp.

Electric-powered regional jets bring electrifying experiments, mega megawatts… and hybrid hype? Aircraft manufacturers and aviation technology companies worldwide are gearing up for the next frontier in aviation: a regional jet with electrically-powered propulsion, flying passengers for an hour or two with reduced emissions, noise and cost. And that frontier is within the next 10 years,