Queensland company Caribou Cargo plans to soon commence operations with a re-engined turbo Caribou STOL transport, pitched at customers in Australia, PNG and Asia who require loads of up to 4500kg to be carried into small or unprepared airstrips. Company principal, Paul Strike, says the aircraft has been retrofitted by US based Caribou specialist Pen
Fokker Services has developed a retrofit LED cabin lighting system for Boeing 737s, which are more reliable and require less maintenance than the existing TL system. “Fokker Services has already extensive experience with LED lighting on VIP aircraft and we can develop this modification for virtually any commercial airliner”, says Erik Goedhart, Fokker’s vice president
The second Airbus Military A400M made its maiden flight on April 8. MSN2 took off from Seville, Spain, at 15.15 local time, landing back at Seville four hours and 50 minutes later. Aircraft captain for the flight was Michel Gagneux, joined by copilot Karl-Heinz Mai, with flight test engineers Jean-Jacques Bernard and Emiliano Requena, and
EASA (the European Aviation Safety Agency) has granted type certification to the Airbus A330-200F, after the new freighter completed a 200 hour, two aircraft flight test campaign, which validated the aircraft’s payload as 70 tonnes, one more than originally expected. “After a very smooth and successful flight test campaign we have reached certification in line
Embraer delivered the 1100th Ipanema agricultural aircraft to a Brazilian operator at a ceremony at the company’s Botucatu plant on April 7. “The delivery of the 1100th aircraft is a great milestone for us, because it shows the reliability, solidity and tradition of the Ipanema in the domestic market,” said Almir Miguel Borges, Embraer’s vice
Boeing has announced that following analysis of test results that the 787 Dreamliner has passed its recent wing and fuselage ultimate load testing conducted on the static test airframe. “Successfully completing this test is a critical step in the certification of the 787. This is further validation that the 787 performs as expected, even in
