A9 – Lockheed P-3 Orion The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation certainly has a solid track record in building maritime patrol aircraft. The Hudson equipped RAAF general purpose squadrons in 1940 and the Ventura entered Australian service in 1943. In 1951 the Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune (later designated P-2E) was received by No 11 Squadron, followed in 1962

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Malaysian Eagle: Western Australia’s EagleAircraft International has sold the remaining 50% share of its unconventional Eagle XT-S composite light aircraft to the Malaysian government for$A4m. The troubled programme is now reportedly in the final stages of flight and structural testing for Australian certification to JAR Very Light Aircraft standards. Initial production will be in Australia

Airliner Stocks Shrinking: assessments and analysis plans associated with the main and secondary aircraft systems. Airbus, meanwhile, is going the more conventional route with its A330 large twin. The aircraft will enter service with a planned 90 minutes ETOPS approval and a build up of in service experience will see extensions to this. This content