Australian Aviation

Boeing 787 launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first airline to begin pilot training on the aircraft, with 10 pilots undertaking classroom instruction in Tokyo during early Apri, followed by simulator training at Boeing Flight Services (BFS)’s campus in Seattle, Washington, from April 23. “The start of customer training is an exciting milestone

South American carrier Pluna Líneas Aéreas Uruguayas  has signed a follow-on order for three Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen regional jets. The order, announced on April 25, increases firm orders for CRJ900 and CRJ900 NextGen series aircraft to 265, with 244 of those delivered as of January 31 this year. This content is available exclusively to Australian

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has announced a new scholarship for 2011, with Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey sponsoring the opportunity for an aircraft engineer to work at its German facilities. Valued at $10,500, the RAAA Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey Powerplant Maintenance + Overhaul Scholarship will be awarded to a current LAME or final year apprentice who has demonstrated

Rising dragon The heady predications have been made, the robust forecasts are in, the spectacular profit results are on the board and more orders are being placed. China’s airline industry is on the move and is racing down the runway to land at an airport near us. According to IATA the number of international air

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AQQ GippsAero GA8‑TC 320 Airvan GA8‑TC 320‑11‑161 16/2/11 Airvan Flight Services, PO Box 881 Morwell Vic 3840 BNE Aquila A210 AT01‑211 24/2/11 Maltair, PO Box 105 Archerfield Qld 4108 BQA Beech A36 Bonanza E‑1383 27/1/11 Ian Aviation, PO Box 147 Archerfield Qld 4108 JA3820 N2068V BSJ Beech A36

In more than one hundred years of Federation, Australia has only once had a military strategy worthy of the name, and even then its currency was brief. Given our frequent involvement in major wars, this may seem curious. The answer can found in the nation’s grand (political) strategy, which has largely rendered unnecessary a complementary