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Warbird collection for sale An interesting collection of warbird and other aircraft has recently come onto the market. Don Brown of Kongwak, Vic. is selling his collection of aircraft that he has built up over many years. Don has no less than two Ceres crop duster aircraft, a Wirraway, two Boomerang fuselages, a Thorp T-18
Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news Qantas was planning to take delivery of its first 787-9 VH-ZNA in October. 737-838 VH-VYG ferried from Perth to Seletar as QF6006 on August 27 where on arrival it was painted in the new Qantas livery. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
Could Lockheed Martin’s STELaRLab become Australia’s version of DARPA? Former defence scientist Dr Tony Lindsay has big ambitions for Lockheed Martin’s new STELaRLab, in Melbourne, the first such advanced research facility the company has launched outside the US. With some runs on the board, he could get the go-ahead to do the kind of research
Sikorsky Australia is launching a refurbishment program that will see it repurposing US Army helicopters for commercial use. Meanwhile, the company is ramping up its support for the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of ‘Romeo’ model Seahawks Sikorsky Helitech, now known as Sikorsky Australia, is set to repurpose former US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that
In praise of the A2 flight jacket I love my A2, flight jacket that is, not milk by the same name. My A2 is the universal pilot’s flight jacket. It is what they call an intermediate weather jacket but it is a great wear on the windy tarmac and it has pockets for things. It
Peter Kable has acquired four Eurocopter EC135s from Turkey – two P2 models, AUN and AWQ, and two T2s, AZM and BBU. AUN and AWQ were sold new to Turkey but the two T2s have a more interesting history. BBU was test flown in Germany as D-HCBP before being delivered to the Carabineros de Chile
