Australian Aviation

Australia will be the 18th nation to operate the Apache as its attack helicopter, joining a fleet of more than 1,280 operating worldwide.

The planemaker has attributed the sea of red ink to a fall in 737 deliveries, as well as the grounding of the 737 MAX 9 after a door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines plane at the start of the year. Boeing was barred by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from ramping up MAX production.

Here, Australian Aviation lists every flypast in every state, including times and exact locations. Aircraft in the skies include the F-35, Hercules and Super Hornet alongside warbirds such as the A-37 Dragonfly and CAC Winjeel.

Following a recent scientific mission in a heavily-modified Gulfstream G550 (pictured), German pilot Marc Puskeiler talks to the Australian Aviation podcast about measuring the atmosphere and what it was like to fly this unique aircraft.

Adam, Jake and Ben discuss Bonza’s forceful rebuttal to reports suggesting consultant KordaMentha had been called in to advise the airline.

In its final report into the incident on 24 October 2022, the transport safety watchdog said the crew of VH-VEQ, which was operating a scheduled flight from Canberra, was given “erroneous on-slope indications, without any failure indication” as it approached runway 34L on a cloudy night.