Australian Aviation

Hawker Hurricane rebuild at Luskintyre Did you know work is quietly progressing on a Hawker Hurricane restoration in Australia? Tucked away at Luskintyre Airfield in the NSW Hunter Valley, Canadian-built Hurricane XII serial 5481, formerly registered C-FDNL, is being worked on. Bought by an as yet unnamed buyer in the Scone district of NSW the

The high cost of doing aviation business in Australia There is no doubt that regional aviation is in for a couple of challenging years, along with the rest of our economy. These aviation services are essential to regional towns and the remote areas. If RPT, charter, freight and training are to thrive or even survive

Community consultation the key The Australian Airports Association (AAA) and Airservices once again came together to jointly host the Aviation Industry Noise Forum in Canberra on May 27. It was the fifth year for the forum which brings together representatives from across the aviation industry to discuss noise management techniques and industry best practice. This

Time for a focus on firefighting AAAA is convening the inaugural Firefighting Operators Conference in Albury on August 4 and 5. The inaugural conference is aimed at firefighting operators so that those investing in the sector can develop a strategic and constructive approach to policy and operational issues. This content is available exclusively to Australian

S-97 Raider makes first flight Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider rigid coaxial rotor prototype made its first flight from the company’s Development Flight Center at West Palm Beach, Florida on May 22, testing the new design’s airworthiness in the lowspeed flight environment. The S-97 program’s chief pilot Bill Fell and co-pilot Kevin Bredenbeck flew N971SK for almost

Qantas Group news In this issue we report the departure of a Qantas A330-200 and the sale of a 767-300ER from storage at Victorville. A330-203 VH-EBH was withdrawn from Qantas service in Singapore on May 12 after operating QF81 from Sydney. It was then ferried to Paya Lebar where end of lease maintenance was carried