Hawker Pacific has announced that it will offer the limited edition high performance Beechcraft G58 SLE Baron in Australia and New Zealand. The 50th anniversary model of the Baron was launched by Hawker Beechcraft in May, and features new interior design features, Hartzell Scimitar propellers and is available in a choice of four distinctive paint
Australia has committed to buy a first batch of 14 Lockheed Martin F-35A Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) and associated training and support infrastructure for the RAAF at an estimated cost of $3.2 billion, Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner announced today, after cabinet’s National Security Committee granted second pass approval for the purchase. The announcement sees
Regional Express has recorded a 22.9 per cent fall in net profit during the first quarter of the 2010 financial year as revenues fell during the three month period. The airline recorded a net profit after tax of $3.7 million as passenger numbers fell by 12.9 per cent, while average fares were 1.8 per cent
The White Paper National Aviation Policy Statement will include the terms of reference for a joint federal-NSW government study which will examine options for a new airport to serve Sydney, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Anthony Albanese said on November 25. “This joint study will look at ways of providing integrated transport solutions for the existing
The prototype Airbus Military A400M is one step closer to first flight after taxiing under it own power for the first time on November 23. The taxi tests, conducted at Seville in southern Spain, saw the aircraft perform a series of low speed runs up to 20kt (37km/h) as well as steering, braking and reverse
Development of the Airbus Military KC-30 (A330 MRTT) for the RAAF continues, with the demonstration of simultaneous refuelling of two fighters last week. Little over a week after the first passing of fuel from one of the KC-30’s Cobham 905E hose and drogue refuelling pods, fuel has been simultaneously passed from the two pods to
