Australian Aviation

Airbus has announced that the first A350 XWB wing lower cover has been transported from its manufacturing site in Illescas, Spain, to Broughton, UK, for assembly. The carbon fibre wing lower cover for aircraft MSN001 is approximately 32 metres long by six metres wide and will now be fitted to the XWB’s wing in Broughton. Once

Boeing has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its C-17 Globemaster III. Test aircraft T-1 first flew on September 15 1991, completing a two hour test flight from Boeing’s Long Beach site. Interestingly, the C-17 achieved no fewer than 33 world records during initial flight testing from Edwards Air Force Base. This

Air France KLM has announced plans to order up to 110 Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s. Pending contract finalisations, Air France KLM will order 25 and place options on 35 A350-900s, plus sign a firm order for 25 and option 25 787-9s. The 787-9s will begin entering service with KLM from 2016, the A350s with

The OzRunways iPad app takes off Emerging from the latest everyday advances in the ‘smart’ world of iPhones and iPads is an Australian designed application or app that is revolutionising the cockpit. Through OzRunways’ new app, a sea of folded documents and manuals can now rest comfortably in the palm of your hand with volumes

US naval airpower at Talisman Sabre Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 (TS11) saw an extensive contribution from Navy and Marine Corps squadrons, as they entered into mock combat with Australian forces between July 11 and 29. Some 14,000 US and 8500 Australian defence personnel descended onto six Defence training areas spread across Queensland and Darwin for

The RAF’s Airbus Military A330 MRTT Future Strategic Transport Aircraft (FSTA) has obtained military certification from Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Aerospacial (INTA), following civil certification by EASA earlier in July. With the final approvals from both military and civilian regulators, Airbus hopes to make its first aircraft delivery to the RAF “in the coming