Australian Aviation

Boeing Defence Australia (BDA) has had its FAA Part 145 Repair Station Certificate expanded to allow it to repair and overhaul wheels on 737NGs at its Amberley facilities. The new approval will enhance BDA’s existing 737NG commercial and commercial-derivative aircraft (including the Wedgetail AEW&C) maintenance and repair services capability, and also benefit local and international

Briton Paul Bonhomme has won the New York leg of the Red Bull Air Race over the June 19-20 weekend, while Australian pilot Matt Hall was forced to sit out the event following his near miss in Windsor. Bonhomme edged out compatriot Nigel Lamb while Kirby Chambliss took out third place. Austrian Hannes Arch, who

Qantas and China Eastern Airlines have expanded their codeshare relationship to include new services from Australia to China via Singapore. Under the expanded arrangement, Qantas will place its code on China Eastern’s three daily services between Singapore and Shanghai from July 1, while China Eastern will place its code on Qantas services from Singapore to

Rolls-Royce has started testing of its Trent XWB engine, with the first example running for the first time in a ground testbed on June 17. The sixth member of the Trent series of engines, the XWB has been designed as the sole powerplant for the Airbus A350 XWB. RR says that it expects that the

USAF acquisitions head David Van Buren has described as “unhappy” his feelings towards the management of his service’s Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAS program, adding that the pace at which the system was maturing and proposals were being submitted was “excruciating.” “Testing and delivery has been slower than expected,” Van Buren told journalists when describing

10 Years Ago The maiden flight of the Embraer ERJ-140 took place from Sao Jose dos Campos on June 27. Converted from the ERJ-135 prototype, PT-ZJA, the 44 seat ERJ-140’s fuselage has been extended by 2.3m (7ft 6.5in). The NATO Helicopter Management Agency signed a 6.6 billion Euro Production Investment and Production contract with NH