The largest member of Boeing’s 787 family has commenced its flight test program. The first 787-10 completed a four-hour, 58-minute over the skies of North Charleston, South Carolina on Friday. Boeing pilots Captain Tim Berg and Captain Mike Bryan tested flight flight controls, systems and handling qualities during the flight. “From takeoff to landing, the
Airbus has completed the maiden flight of its A319neo, the smallest member of the A320 family of aircraft. The aircraft, D-AVWA, took off from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport in Germany on March 31 and landed at Airbus headquarters at Toulouse Airport in France some five hours later, Airbus said in a statement. Airbus experimental test pilots Michel
Embraer’s E195-E2 has commenced its flight test program with a successful maiden flight at the company’s Sao Jose dos Campos facility. The largest variant of the E2 family of regional jets, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PurePower geared turbofan engines, took off at 1122 local time on March 29 and flew for two hours,
After almost 32 years in service, Air New Zealand will operate the Boeing 767 fleet for the last time on Friday. The final flight for the sole remaining 767-300ER in the fleet ZK-NCI is scheduled to depart Sydney as NZ108 at 1855 and touch down in Auckland 2359 local time. The Star Alliance member has
The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) is calling for applications for its 2017 pilot and engineering scholarships. There are six scholarships available in 2017, with applications due by July 31. These are: Moorabbin Flying Services Multi Crew Cooperation Scholarship Ansett Aviation Training Pilot Scholarship Jeppesen Pilot Scholarship Hawker Pacific/Australian Avionics Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics) Engineers
Virgin Australia plans to commence a three-month inflight internet wifi trial on board a Boeing 737-800 from mid-April after naming Gogo and Optus as its technology partners for the service. The airline plans to utilise the 2Ku technology from Optus for domestic and New Zealand flights, with Intelsat and SES for its other international flights,
