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The QF32 catastrophic uncontained failure The catastrophic uncontained failure of Qantas flight QF32’s number 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 972 engine after takeoff from Singapore on November 4 was almost of Titanic scale. A380-842 VH-OQA was the first of Qantas’s Airbus A380s – the largest, most powerful commercial jet in the world. This content is available exclusively
Perth Airport unveils new major extension plans In a long overdue move Westralia Airports Corporation (WAC), leaseholder of Perth Airport, is to spend $500 million over three years on new terminals and services so that the airport can handle growth fuelled by the resources boom and low cost airlines. Work will commence in 2011 on
Will Boeing follow Airbus’s re-engining lead? In early December Airbus ended almost 12 months of speculation and applied the blowtorch to Boeing by launching as an option the re-engine of the A320 Family (but not the A318) with either the CFM International LEAP-X or Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G geared turbofan, reigniting the ‘sporty game’.
Six decades of NZ aerial topdressing October saw the city of Gisborne recognise six decades of New Zealand agricultural aviation centred on Lawson Field, founder of Fieldair. Fieldair operated 19 DHC‑2 Beavers as well as six L-18 Loadstars and 12 DC-3s carrying out aerial topdressing. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Commercial 787 fire started in power panel Boeing says that the fire on board one of its 787 Dreamliner test aircraft started in its P100 power panel and spread into one of the aircraft’s insulation blankets which self-extinguished the fire once the fault in the power panel was cleared. “Damage to the ZA002 P100 panel
December just witnessed the most significant transformation in Australia’s airpower disposition in a generation. Not since the F/A-18A/B Hornet replaced the Mirage a quarter of a century ago have we seen a transformation as significant as the retirement of the F-111 and the standing up of the F/A-18F Super Hornet. December 2/3’s retirement ceremonies and
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Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
