The aircraft now features the RNZAF Kiwi Roundel and No. 40 Squadron’s mariner’s compass, after finishing work at the Lockheed Martin production line in Georgia, United States, according to a public statement on 15 February.
Speaking to Australian Aviation for an upcoming podcast, Jordan praised Melbourne’s two airports and the under-construction Western Sydney International Airport, saying the low-cost carrier would be inclined to serve both WSI and Sydney Kingsford Smith…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…