Red Bull racer crashes during practice
Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann crashed into the Swan River on April 15 during practice in the lead up to the Perth round of the Red Bull Air Race. According to witness reports, Kindlemann was flying close to the water and appeared to be coming out of a tight turn when his wing may have struck
New look for AF-1
JSF test aircraft F-35A AF-1, the first “optimised” A model F-35, has emerged from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth sporting its robot applied paint coatings and new hand painted fin flashes on its vertical tails. AF-1 had flown twice late last year before undergoing a period of ground testing, but is
PC-9 loses landing gear doors
Two landing gear doors fell off a RAAF PC-9/A operating a training flight near RAAF Base East Sale on April 14. “The aircraft was operating in the East Sale Military Training Area, approximately 12km southwest of Heyfield at the time of the incident, and then recovered safely to RAAF Base East Sale,” says a Department
Super Hornet work for Production Parts
Boeing has awarded Melbourne based Production Parts a contract to supply rudder pedal kits for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets production. The one-year contract gives Production Parts options on future contracts Boeing may receive from the US Navy and international customers for the Super Hornet. The aircraft is currently in contention for sales to Denmark, Brazil, Greece
First Golden Eagle delivered
The USAF Air National Guard (ANG) has taken delivery of its first F-15 Golden Eagle, an F-15C upgraded with a new AN/APG-63(V)3 advanced electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. The APG-63 replaces the ageing APG-70 radar, and gives the F-15s far greater situational awareness and a new anti-cruise missile mission. “When the F-15 was first designed
Limited competition for intra-WA network
The WA Department of Transport has proposed a new framework for intra-WA turboprop routes which would see a greater number of route licences issued, as well as limited competition on some currently protected routes. In a presentation to stakeholders on April 9, the Department noted that intra-WA routes were not yet ready to support full
