Lufthansa has taken delivery of the first Boeing 747-8I Intercontinental for passenger operations, with the German airline’s first of 20 updated 747s handed over at Boeing’s Everett plant on April 25. After its own preparations Lufthansa plans to fly the 747-8I to Frankfurt on May 1 ahead of a welcome ceremony for the aircraft there
An F-35A has completed the Joint Strike Fighter program’s first inflight refuelling while configured with external weapons. The April 21 flight from Edwards Air Force base saw F-35A AF-4 refuel from a KC-10 tanker while carrying two inert AIM-9X missiles externally and two JDAM guided bombs and AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles internally. “The two-hour mission tested
Jetstar Japan has taken delivery of its first aircraft, with the first of a planned fleet of 24 Airbus A320s handed over in Toulouse this week. The 180-seat A320 is the first of an initial fleet of three Jetstar Japan will use to commence services with from July, initially linking Tokyo Narita with Kansai, Fukuoka,
The ADF has deployed 12 aircraft and two naval vessels to participate in Exercise Bersama Shield 2012 in southeast Asia. The exercise marks the 41st anniversary of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), a series of bilateral agreements between the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Malayisa and Singapore. This year’s exercise, set to run through
Airservices Australia has announced the winners of two sets of scholarships aimed at fostering the next generation of Australian pilots. The first, awarded in conjunction with the Australian Women Pilots’ Association, presented four winners with $6000 to subsidise the cost of obtaining a private or commercial pilot’s licences. An additional $2000 is awarded as a
A former RAN TA-4G Skyhawk is returning to Australia nearly 20 years after it was sold to New Zealand, and will take up its new home at the Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum. The McDonnell Douglas built aircraft, serial No. N13-154911, served with the RAN’s No. 724 SQN from 1967 until 1984, when it was
