Australian Aviation

Hawker Pacific will demonstrate a Bell 407GX helicopter at the 2015 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show. The aircraft sales and support company says the 407GX seats up to six passengers and had the performance, reliability, speed and manoeuvrability for a range of missions and payloads. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome

Boeing’s 787 matures in service It was a remarkable flying career that got off to a record-breaking start. Since the A380 entered service in 2008 VH-OJA City of Canberra might not have been the flagship of the Qantas fleet, but the aircraft that flew nonstop from London to Sydney on its record-breaking delivery flight in

10 years ago The maiden flight of the first Airbus A380, F-WWOW, took place on April 27 from Blagnac Airport, Toulouse. The aircraft took off with a weight of 421 tonnes, the highest ever by a commercial airliner. A 2,500-hour test program conducted by five aircraft will now commence leading to European and US certification

Three new types are shown in this month’s New Allocations, a single-seat ultralight helicopter, a four-seat homebuilt tourer and a Canadianbuilt go anywhere four-seater. Mark Rindel’s Innovator Mosquito AHT is the latest design from the Innovator helicopter company and although there are three other Mosquito XEs on the local register this is the first XET.

Good taxiing skills require good situational awareness One of the first things that a budding pilot learns to do, before starting to fly, is to taxi the aircraft. It is a skill sometimes taught and learnt badly. The Wright Brothers did not learn to taxi, at first. Their first flight was off a rail from

Avalon’s WW1 flavour No fewer than 15 World War 1 aircraft types were among the stars of the Australian International Airshow at Avalon, a fitting tribute to the centenary of the Great War and in keeping with the Airshow’s theme of ‘Heroes of the Skies’. Ten came from New Zealand and three from Queensland. The