Australian Aviation

One of Airbus’s A350 prototypes will make its debut in the Asia-Pacific region at February’s Singapore Air Show. The aircraft, A350-900 MSN003 will be on static display and will also participate in the flying display on the first two days of the show, Tuesday February 11 and Wednesday February 12, giving local industry observers their

Adelaide Airport has announced solid increases in domestic and passenger numbers for 2013 over the previous year. Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) has reported domestic passengers rose 3.9 per cent  to 3,174,000 for the year to December 31, up from 3,056,000 in 2012, while international traffic jumped a whopping 23.7 per cent from 351,000 to 434,000

The US Navy’s fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft operating under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator program in the Middle East have recently surpassed 10,000 operational hours in support of maritime operations in the theatre. The aircraft, former USAF Block 10 aircraft converted for maritime surveillance duties, average 15 missions per month in

A Hawker Hurricane to Australia! The big news this month is that a Hawker Hurricane is coming to Australia from Canada. The aircraft, a Mk 12, is a Canadian-built machine. It was taken on charge by the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942. Post-war it went to an aviation museum in Ontario. Later the machine

Proposals make a mockery of a proven safety asset Delegates at the RAAA’s annual Convention on the Sunshine Coast in October were no doubt surprised to hear John McCormick say CASA may use safety report information to take away licences of individuals making the reports. It was also suggested CASA’s approach to use of safety

Part 61 moves to September 2014 The secret was out around four days before CASA made the formal announcement. The planned December 4 implementation of the new Regs Part 61, 141 and 142 was to be put off until September 1 2014. The change of date was not unexpected as there were so many questions