Australian Aviation

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has extended his patronage of The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Friends in the United Kingdom for a further five years. The UK based charity was formed in 2003 to mark the 75th anniversary of the RFDS, and raises funds to assist with the replacement of RFDS aircraft.

Boeing has nominated March 28 as the date for it to conduct ultimate load testing on the 787’s wing, which will see it flexed to 150 per cent of its load limit. The test will be conducted on the company’s static test airframe ZY997, and will see the load gradually brought up to 150 per

The JSF program has been on the end of another scathing report, this time from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) which has been reviewing the program on an annual basis since 2005. The GAO’s latest report, submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on March 19, points out a number of cost increases

The US Navy completed the first captive carriage test of the AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 on an F/A-18F Super Hornet NAS China Lake on March 4. The JSOW C-1 combines the proven GPS guided JSOW glide weapon with a new datalink allowing updated targeting information to be relayed to the weapon in flight

After a protracted development program, the UK MoD has declared the BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 maritime surveillance aircraft ‘ready to train’ on after the first of nine production aircraft, airframe PA04, was accepted by the RAF. “Today sees the end of the acceptance process for MRA4, namely type, production and last, but by no means least, that

Hawker Pacific Singapore has been accredited as the first authorised support centre in Southeast Asia for the Hawker 4000 business jet. “With Hawker 4000 deliveries well underway in Asia, our enhanced partnership with Hawker Pacific will provide customers in the region with immediate and reliable service for the aircraft,” said Christi Tannahill, vice president, Global