Cessna lands on Melbourne freeway
An unopened part of the Peninsula Link freeway near Melbourne became a makeshift airport on the morning of June 11 when the pilot of a Cessna 172 flying from Tyabb was forced down due to thick fog. 50 year old pilot Russell Gray made the emergency landing after a thick fog that blanketed Melbourne made
Norwegian firms neo order
Norwegian has firmed up its order for up to 100 Airbus A320neo aircraft which it committed to in January this year. Norwegian also has ordered 100 Boeing 737-MAX aircraft. It currently operates a fleet of 737NGs and Classics.
‘Simmo’ awarded Oswald Watt Gold Medal
The Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia has given its highest honour, the Oswald Watt Gold Medal, to RAAF Fighter Combat Instructor Squadron Leader Paul ‘Simmo’ Simmons. The award is regarded as the highest honour in Australian civil aviation, and recognises the most notable contribution to Australian aviation. The presentation of the award was
Lion Air to order Dreamliners
Boeing has confirmed that Indonesian carrier Lion Air has made a commitment to order five 787-8 Dreamliners. The order is expected to be finalised later in the year, at which point it will be placed on Boeing’s Orders and Deliveries website. Lion Air has said that the aircraft will be operated by its full-service subsidiary
SriLankan to join oneworld
SriLankan Airlines will become the latest carrier to join the oneworld alliance, with airline to be inducted from late 2013. The Colombo based carrier, which operates 21 aircraft and carried 3.5 million passengers last year, said that it chose to join oneworld after reviewing a range of alliance options. “Joining the alliance will help put
EC135 sim gets Level B certification
Eurocopter’s Training Academy in Donauworth has received Level B certification from the German Aviation Administration for its EC135 full flight simulator (FFS). The new certification allows for skill and proficiency checks to be administered in the full-motion simulator, which became operational in late 2009. It is the first EC135 simulator in Europe to achieve such
