Australian Aviation

ATR’s 600 series While there has been a distinct lack of all-new regional turboprop designs over the last 20 years, ATR has proven that continually updating key elements around a solid fuselage designs can continue to meet the needs of regional carriers around the world. Since the original ATR 42 took to the air in

Matt Hall takes on the air racing world That was the email that I received from Matt Hall a couple of weeks after the 2008 Perth round of the Red Bull Air Race when he was confirmed as a pilot in the 2009 Red Bull Air Race series. The hard work then started it getting

JSF’s F135 moves from development to production Pratt & Whitney’s F135 program is moving ahead, with emphasis moving from development to production, and technical issues over come. The F135 is the lead engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF, and the like the fighter itself is a designed to meet an ambitious combination of performance,

Fighter Combat Instructor The RAAF held the Aces North exercise last November as the culminating element of its comprehensive Fighter Combat Instructor (FCI) course (see AA October 08). As many as 2000 Australian and US military and civilian support personnel were involved in the planning for and in running the exercise, which saw six new

Boeing’s 777-300ER lands in Australia According to various online dictionaries, the term “sweet spot” is a place, often numerical, where a combination of factors suggests a particularly suitable solution. There can be no doubt that the 777-300ER is a particularly suitable solution for the airline industry with a sweet spot in performance and reliability which

Emirates steps up local presence with the A380 Emirates recently became the third airline to commence A380 services to Australia with its inaugural service from Dubai to Sydney and Auckland on February 2. In fact, and despite London Heathrow being the first airport to have all thee airlines service it with A380s, that morning was