Australian Aviation

10 Years Ago Boeing rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner in a ceremony in front of 15,000 guests at their Everett, Washington facility on July 8, the world’s first commercial aircraft with a mostly composite material structure. Orders for 677 aircraft from 47 customers have been received. Following completion of the six aircraft flight test

Travolta Boeing 707 For Hars A big feather in the cap of HARS this month is the announcement by actor John Travolta that he is to donate his Boeing 707 to the HARS aircraft collection at Wollongong. The aircraft, currently N707JT, started life as VH-EBM with Qantas and named the City of Launceston in 1964.

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news. In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-400(SF) to Qantas Freight. Qantas ferried A380-842 VH-OQD into Sydney from Manila as QF6010 on May 31 after completing its planned maintenance with Lufthansa Technik (Traffic/June). This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe

Singapore Airlines is the latest major Asian full-service carrier to report a big drop in profits. Long admired for its industry-leading service standards, attractive “Singapore Girls” cabin crew and first-mover initiatives when it comes to new aircraft, why has the carrier hit a wall? Singapore Airlines (SIA) chief executive Goh Choon Phong may have had

iPads as EFBs One of the greatest navigation aids that a pilot can have these days is the GNSS or as most pilots know it, the GPS. While a lot of aircraft have panel mounted approved or unapproved GPS navigation systems a lot of pilots rely on use of the iPad or like portable device

Only one new type is shown in the New Allocations this month as well as lots of other interesting aircraft to talk about. HVW is the first Kavanagh G-525 hot air balloon to be registered although it is the second G-525 to be produced. Both are being readied for pre-delivery testing at the company’s Ku-ring-gai,