Australian Aviation

Russia’s Sukhoi T-50 made its first official flight on January 29 from Sukhoi/KnAAPO’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur facility in Siberia’s far east. The T-50 is the prototype of the next generation PAK-FA (Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy, or Future Frontline Aircraft System) under development for Russia and possibly India to replace the Su-27/Su-30 Flanker series from late next

The RAAF has commenced C-17 pilot training in Australia with the induction of its first two pilot initial qualification (PIQ) trainees, following last year’s delivery of a C-17 full flight simulator to RAAF Base Amberley. The simulator, operated by Boeing Defence Australia on contract to the RAAF, will provide 120 simulated flight hours to the

Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey ‘BG’ is about to leave the building. Sometime in 2010, BG, as Brett Godfrey is dubbed by Virgin Blue staff, will leave his relatively modest office in the airline’s ‘Virgin Village’ corporate HQ in Brisbane for the last time as he steps down from leading Australia’s second largest airline group

The first Airbus Military A400M successfully completed its much delayed maiden flight on December 11, taking off from Seville, Spain, at 10:15 local time and landing 3hr 47min later. The aircraft, dubbed MSN 1, took off at a weight of 127 tonnes including 15 tonnes of test equipment and two tonnes of water ballast (compared

Hong Kong Airlines has placed an order for six Airbus A330-200s, taking its total commitment for A330s to 23. The airline says that it plans to use the A330s to establish new medium and long haul services. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. LoginBecome a MemberTo continue reading the rest of this

The program to equip the RAAF’s F/A-18A/B Hornets with Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158 JASSM stand off missile is regaining momentum following a series of successful test flights of lot 7 production standard missiles in the US recently. Selected to equip the Hornets under Project Air 5418 in 2006 ahead of Boeing’s SLAM-ER and the European Taurus