Regional aviation is often the litmus test for the Australian aviation industry. There are the first signs of sustainable recovery in the sector with job ads up and operators beginning to cast their net wider for quality pilots and engineers. Operators are seriously considering bringing in qualified pilots from overseas to make up for the
It’s Mh-60r V Nfh90 for Air 9000 Phase 8 Competition Defence Will Run a Competitive Tender Process to Select the Air 9000 Phase 8 Naval Combat Helicopter Replacement for the Ran’s 16 S-70b-2 Seahawks and the 11 Cancelled Sh-2g(a) Seasprites, Defence Minister Senator John Faulkner Has Announced. Contrary to Earlier Reports and Defence Sources Saying
Qantas Group News This Issue We Report the Delivery of an A330-200 to Qantas and Two A320s to Jetstar, While Departing Was a 767-300er of Qantas. A330-202 Vh-ebn Clare Valley Was Delivered to Sydney on February 25 After Ferrying in From Toulouse and Singapore as Qf6020. Vh-ebn Entered Service on March 1 When It Operated
Ex Australian Spitfire Bound For Germany One time Sid Marshall owned Spitfire HF Mk.VIIIc MV154/G-BKMI has been sold by its Scottish owner to a buyer in Germany. The Spitfire is sometimes seen as the one that got away, after it was spirited out of Australia in 1979 in defiance of an export ban on historic
The JSF program is a fast moving target at present, with new reports on troubles with the program appearing regularly, and few successes being announced. The latest bad news for the program is the prospect of facing a potential Nunn- McCurdy cost breach which may result in all expenditure being frozen while the program is
Nearing reality, or unfulfilled promise? For some years now, a popular saying among those engaged in trying to create an algae based biofuel has been that “viable production is 10 years away and it will be 10 years away next year as well. ” Perhaps as much as anything else, this adage underscores the challenge