Australian Aviation

Regional Express (Rex) has announced its has purchased five Saab 340Bs already in its fleet which it had leased from Saab Aircraft Leasing. “Rex have had these five aircraft on a very long lease from Saab Aircraft Leasing and now that the lease period have come to completion we took the opportunity to purchase these

Embraer has delivered its 200th Phenom 100 jet, to US based Swift Aviation Group, in a ceremony held at the Company’s headquarters, in São José dos Campos, Brazil during April. Swift, a private aircraft charter company, originally ordered the Phenom 100 in May 2006 and will base the jet at its company headquarters in Phoenix,

The first LRIP 2 (low rate initial production lot two) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has flown, taking off from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base on May 6. The USAF bound F-35A, AF-8, is due to be the first F-35 delivered to Eglin Air Force Base later this year. This content is available

The University of Queensland (UQ) will host a free public lecture this Monday (May 23) to discuss Boeing’s next-generation 787 Dreamliner. Entitled ‘Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Future of Commercial Aviation Today’, the lecture will be hosted by Boeing’s US based Technical Fellow of Aircraft Configuration Design, Michael Drake. In addition to explaining the evolutionary development of

RAAF Super Hornet on display March’s Avalon Airshow saw the official debut of the RAAF’s newest air combat fighter display with the new F/A-18F Super Hornet. After a cameo appearance at last year’s Williamtown Airshow at which a short demonstration comprising a series of flybys was performed, Avalon saw the unveiling of a full aerobatic

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence has taken delivery of the first of six Boeing C-17 Globemaster transports, in a ceremony held at the company’s final assembly facility in Long Beach, California. Three more C-17s are due for delivery to the UAE later this year, with the remaining two aircraft planned