Pratt & Whitney says it has successfully completed initial ground testing of the first PurePower PW1000G series engine. The PW1524G, being developed for Bombardier’s CSeries, completed nearly 200 hours of ground tests at the company’s West Palm Beach, Florida facility, which the company says confirmed results of its 2008 geared turbofan demonstration program. “We have
Poor weather at Antarctica New Zealand’s Scott Base has seen 104 family members prematurely end their Erebus remembrance trip. Relatives of those who perished in Air New Zealand’s 1979 Mount Erebus disaster departed Antarctica on an RNZAF Boeing 757 around 6pm yesterday (February 16), about two hours earlier than originally planned. The flight was scheduled
The Airbus A400M airlifter has begun air-to-air refuelling trials, with A400M test aircraft ‘Grizzly 1’ performing a series of dry contacts with a RAF VC10 on February 15. The A400M’s probe connected to the VC10 fuselage mounted house drum unit’s drogue in the trials.
Pre-empting the new competitive challenge from Virgin Blue’s forthcoming Airbus A330s, Qantas has announced it will deploy “internationally configured” widebody aircraft, including Boeing 747-400s, on its transcontinental services between Perth and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, in the process adding more than 4300 seats a week. On the Sydney-Perth route two-class Skybed equipped 747-400s will operate
Infrastructure and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected Bankstown Airport’s 2010 draft masterplan, citing insufficient community information about its plans. “In its proposed master plan, Bankstown Airport sought approval for up to 32 passenger flights a day,” Minister Albanese said on February 16. “This would be a significant change given the airport does not have
For the first time aircraft from the Temora Aviation Museum will be on show at the Avalon Airshow next month, as the airshow celebrates the 90th anniversary of the RAAF. Temora’s (RAAF owned) CAC Sabre plus its Lockheed Hudson, Gloster Meteor and Spitfire Mk V III will be among the warbirds on display at Avalon.
