Australian Aviation

The narrowbody cargo market hots up When you think of freighter aircraft, your mind may well go to some of the classic aircraft still plying the skies that we don’t see carrying passengers anymore: a Boeing 747-200, perhaps, an Airbus A300, or an old tri-holer Douglas DC-10 or MD-11.  ‘The problem is that the world

A career path less travelled E.B. Jeppesen, the pioneer flier, once said, “There’s a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight”. Jeppesen may well have foretold the story of Flight Lieutenant James Tockuss, a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A captain, and

The last Classic Hornet course ‘The last Hornet course concluded in December 2019’ In the 35 years that the F/A-18 ‘Classic’ Hornet has been Australia’s frontline combat aircraft, some 450 pilots have trained to fly the type, all undertaking initial training with Number 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) at RAAF Williamtown.  This content is available

Surviving a fleet reduction They say that all good things must come to an end. In the sphere of airline fleets, sooner or later, aircraft outlive either their time or their purpose, no matter how great the sentimental attachment may seem. And as the images of final flights and boneyard resting places may appear front

Qatar Airways has won international plaudits for soldiering on during the coronavirus crisis, launching a campaign to Take People Home. But with a World Cup looming marred in allegations of corruption, links to terrorism and a dubious human rights record, does its state owner have an ulterior motive?  Tucked away on Qatar Airways’ YouTube channel

Understanding business opportunities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region Australian Aviation readers would no doubt agree there is a lot of misinformation about the helicopter industry in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Fortunately, data released at the recent Singapore Airshow showed there are an estimated 6,000 helicopters in the region. This is about one-third of the civilian helicopter registrations