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10 years ago The maiden flight of the first Airbus A380, F-WWOW, took place on April 27 from Blagnac Airport, Toulouse. The aircraft took off with a weight of 421 tonnes, the highest ever by a commercial airliner. A 2,500-hour test program conducted by five aircraft will now commence leading to European and US certification
Three new types are shown in this month’s New Allocations, a single-seat ultralight helicopter, a four-seat homebuilt tourer and a Canadianbuilt go anywhere four-seater. Mark Rindel’s Innovator Mosquito AHT is the latest design from the Innovator helicopter company and although there are three other Mosquito XEs on the local register this is the first XET.
Good taxiing skills require good situational awareness One of the first things that a budding pilot learns to do, before starting to fly, is to taxi the aircraft. It is a skill sometimes taught and learnt badly. The Wright Brothers did not learn to taxi, at first. Their first flight was off a rail from
Avalon’s WW1 flavour No fewer than 15 World War 1 aircraft types were among the stars of the Australian International Airshow at Avalon, a fitting tribute to the centenary of the Great War and in keeping with the Airshow’s theme of ‘Heroes of the Skies’. Ten came from New Zealand and three from Queensland. The
Airbus Helicopters unveils X4 The first design under the new Airbus Helicopters identity, the X4, was officially unveiled at Heli-Expo 2015 in Orlando, Florida on March 3. Joining its product range between the H145 (formerly EC145) and the H175 (formerly EC175) in the 5. 5 to 6 tonne class, the twin-engine 12- seat X4, to
The Senate inquiry into airport and aviation security In December 2014, Senator Nick Xenophon lodged a Notice of Motion in the Senate calling for an inquiry into airport and aviation security, which was subsequently supported. The basis for this inquiry were several media reports on apparent breaches in airport and aviation security at Australian airports.
