Sikorsky X2 Makes First Flight Sikorsky’s X2 Technology Prototype Made Its First Flight on August 27 From Its Schweizer Aircraft Corporation Subsidiary’s Rapid-prototyping Facility in Horseheads, New York. Sikorsky Chief Test Pilot Kevin Bredenbeck Flew the Counter-rotating Coaxial Rotor X2 for 30 Minutes Without the Use of Its Pusher Propeller in Forward Flight, Hovered in
Qantas Group Fleet Update in This Issue We Report the Delivery of Three Aircraft to the Qantas Group, Comprising an A330-200 for Qantas, an A320 for Jetstar, and a Q400 for Qantaslink. Qantas Took Delivery of A330-202 Vh-ebk Savannah Way in Melbourne on August 7 After the Aircraft Completed Its Ferry From Toulouse via Singapore
The evolution of the ADF’s Air 5428 New Pilot Training System and Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training Scheme (HATS) through the White Paper and follow-on 2009-2019 DCP processes will be interesting to observe. Air 5428 aims to replace the current BAE Systems Australia BFTS arrangement (see article from p46), which utilises the VH
Fantastic Pfalz the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is Preparing to Launch a New Permanent Exhibit Featuring Five Meticulously Restored Ww1 Aircraft, Titled ‘over the Front – the Great War in the Air’. The New Exhibit Will Showcase the Memorial’s Rare German Pfalz D. Xii and Albatros D. Va Fighters, as Well as Its Se.
… over London (inverted) For reasons of safety to the general populace, single-engined aeroplanes are absolutely banned over central London west of the Thames Barrier. But, once each year, the UK CAA grants a special exemption to a favoured few. In 2008, over the weekend of August 2-3, these were the Red Bull racers in
Stall warning sounds for general aviation Australia’s general aviation industry will face intense pressure from regulation, ageing aircraft, skills and training, and airport access issues, which will require strong leadership and coordination across the wide-ranging industry in order to ensure that the few growth opportunities can be harnessed. That seemed to be the industry’s reaction