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Opposition demands explanation over Taipan scrapping

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February 15, 2024
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Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham, Shadow Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie, and deputy chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, David Fawcett, issued th…

Checklist error caused October Cessna crash, says ATSB

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February 15, 2024
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In its report into the incident last October, the safety watchdog found the pilot of VH-JUA had incorrectly set flaps to 40 degrees instead of 20 degrees, as recommended in the plane’s manual for a go-around and said the incident highlights the importa…

VTOL surveillance drone receives CASA approval

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February 15, 2024
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The Camcopter S-100 has become the first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) system to receive the approval and will now be able to operate in Australian civil aerospace. The capability received a Defence Aviation Safety Authority Permit in 2017, gran…

Lockheed VC-121A “MacArthur Bataan” to Join SUN ‘n FUN

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February 15, 2024
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PRESS RELEASE (LAKELAND, FLORIDA – SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo – February 14, 2024) The 50th Anniversary SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo will play host to hundreds of restored vintage aircraft over the week-long event […]

Progress Report on the Air Force Flight Test Museum

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February 14, 2024
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By Adam Estes In several articles of ours over the years here at Vintage Aviation News (see related posts below), we have covered the efforts of the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air […]

Podcast: Inside Babcock’s work at Ambulance Victoria

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February 14, 2024
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Adam Thorn speaks to two of Babcock’s aviation personnel working on the front line, senior base pilot Heath Mastin and senior aircrew officer Ryan Hurrell.

Lake Macquarie pilots didn’t notice each other before near collision

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February 14, 2024
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In its final report into the incident, the transport safety watchdog noted that neither the pilot of the Extra, VH-IOG, nor the Magni M16C Tandem Trainer gyroplane, G1850, heard each other’s broadcasts or saw the other aircraft until they were about 20…

Qantas brings in 737s to break 6-day Network Aviation strike

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February 14, 2024
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Australian Federation of Air Pilots members at Network, which operates Qantas FIFO and scheduled QantasLink services in WA, have begun six rolling 24-hour work stoppages from Wednesday to Monday, adding a further three days to already-planned industria…

New F-35A fighters to arrive by year’s end, says Lockheed Martin

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February 14, 2024
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The new F-35 aircraft are designed with a Technology Refresh-3 package which includes additional munitions capabilities, target recognition, jamming, cyber security, sensor and user interface improvements, processing and data storage enhancements.

Leaving Las Vegas: business jets after the Super Bowl

February 14, 2024
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After the Super Bowl ended on Sunday evening, crews began warming up the engines of the hundreds of business jets parked in every corner of […]