Australian Aviation

Back in the late 1990s state-owned Garuda Indonesia was one of the region’s basket cases. Deep in debt and near bankrupt, the carrier’s operations were mired in corruption, cronyism and nepotism, not to mention its dismal safety reputation. It has taken some time but today the Jakarta-based flag carrier is pulling in awards, making money

Wedgetail first cab off the rank to be cleared for boom refuelling from the KC-30A If ever there was a symbolic milestone that denotes the ever deepening of RAAF capabilities, it was the recent trials to clear 2 Squadron’s E-7A Wedgetail to refuel from 33 Squadron’s Airbus KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transports. This sticking point

Boeing tackles the 757 replacement quandary In an ironic twist Boeing’s answer to the so-called ‘757 replacement’ market may well turn out to be a modern-day interpretation of the aircraft that was supposed to be its nemesis and the salvation for McDonnell Douglas. Late in 1979 McDonnell Douglas announced that its Advanced Twin Medium Range

Mike and Jan Becker’s Sunshine Coast-based helicopter flight training school shows just what can be achieved through vision and hard work After working in the helicopter utility world in the mountainous terrain of Papua New Guinea, husband and wife team Mike and Jan Becker returned to Australia in 1993 looking for a lifestyle change. “What

Outgoing Chief of Air Force Geoff Brown on leadership and the modern Air Force As Geoff Brown stepped down as Chief of Air Force in early July the RAAF, with its Super Hornets, Wedgetails, KC-30s and C-17s, is as well equipped as any in the world, and with the possible exception of the latter stages

Rockwell Collins and Lockheed Martin have marked delivery of the first Gen III F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System, which is intended to allow pilots to ‘look through’ the F-35 Lightning II airframe. Rockwell Collins stated that the Gen III helmet, which includes an improved night-vision camera, improved liquid-crystal displays, automated alignment and software improvements, is