Following our story on ‘Aviation Maintenance in Australia’ in our April issue, Paul Bredereck, the CEO of the acclaimed Aviation Australia maintenance training centre in Brisbane and vice president of the Australian Aviation Council (AUSAC), wrote in to give his views on some of our respondents’ comments. I read with interest your article on ‘Maintaining

With mobile phones a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives, it seemed that the only place where we could escape them was when flying as a passenger on commercial airliner. Not any more. After a 10 month trial, Qantas has decided to fit out its domestic Boeing 767-300s and Airbus A330-200s with equipment which will

Many of the most technically challenging and therefore risky elements of the RAAF’s Air 5376 Hornet Upgrade Program (HUG) are drawing towards successful conclusions. But questions as to the future of the major structural element of the program, the Phase 3. 2 centre barrel replacement (CBR), remain as comprehensive avionics, sensor, situational awareness, and combat

Commercial 787 to Face More Delays? Boeing May Not Deliver the First 787 Dreamliner Until July Next Year, According to Goldman Sachs Analyst Richard Safran. Citing Unnamed Sources at Boeing, Safran Said in a Report That the Company Has Underestimated the Amount of Work on the Program and That Production Problems Would Delay Turning Power