Australian Aviation

Increasing Australia’s productivity and competitiveness seem to be agreed goals by both sides of politics. Aviation does not live in isolation and must be central to this debate. While the nation is well placed to sell minerals and energy resources to the world, particularly Asia, our manufacturing sector seems to be stuck in the slow

The ADF is about to embark on a wholesale change to its aviation training systems with the maturing of its Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training Systems (HATS) and Air 5428 Pilot Training System (PTS) projects. Air 9000 Phase 7 will not only replace Army’s Bell 206B Kiowa and Navy’s Squirrel training helicopters, but

10 Years Ago • Initial air strikes against 31 targets were launched on October 7 in Operation Enduring Freedom against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and Taliban military positions in Afghanistan. Forces employed in the first missions were B-52s and B-1Bs operating from Diego Garcia, USN aircraft from the USS Enterprise and Carl Vinson, six B-2As

…cameraman John Bean on August 18 when the ABC Television Squirrel helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Lake Eyre, outback South Australia. Ticehurst, 60 – pictured here in the right hand seat of the ABC’s Squirrel during the Sydney-Hobart yacht race – was a veteran pilot with 16,000 flying hours experience, and had been

China Eastern has cancelled an order for 24 Boeing 787s, and will instead order 45 Boeing 737s. China’s second largest airline says it will also order 15 Airbus A330s and trade back to Airbus four A340-300s. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this article,

Lockheed Martin has handed over the first F-35 JSF weapons load training device to the F-35 Integrated Training Centre (ITC) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Configured to represent all three variants of the F-35, the training device will allow maintenance students to learn how to load weapons and fuel tanks onto the aircraft. This