Boeing’s contender for the US Air Force’s T-X trainer program has completed its first flight. The maiden flight lasted 55 minutes with lead T-X test pilot Steven Schmidt at the controls and Chief Pilot for Air Force Programs Dan Draeger in the instructor’s seat. Schmidt said the aircraft met all expectations. “I’ve been a part
Buoyed by the performance of its seasonal flights to Bali, Qantas has announced it will serve the popular tourist destination on a year-round basis from March 2017. Qantas returned to Bali with scheduled services for the first time in seven years in late 2015, operating a total of 33 flights from Sydney with Boeing 737-800s
South Australians will have a new one-stop option to the United States from June 2017 when Fiji Airways begins twice weekly flights between Nadi and Adelaide. The route will be flown using Boeing 737-800s, with the inaugural service due to take off on June 30 2017, Fiji Airways said in a statement on Wednesday. In
Applications have opened for two scholarships to support female pilots that are either seeking to complete the navigation component of a private or commercial pilot licence, or to gain a formation or aerobatic endorsement. Both of the scholarships are being offered by the Australian Women Pilots’ Association, and are sponsored by the Royal Australian Air
Gulfstream’s newest business jet the G600 has successfully completed its maiden flight. The G600 made its inaugural flight on December 17, taking off from Savannah-Hilton Head Airport at 1350 (local time), Gulfstream said in a statement. G600 test aircraft N600G, one of three G600s in the flight test fleet, spent two hours and 53 minutes
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has ferried a third Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) test aircraft from its Nagoya facility to the company’s Moses Lake Flight Test Centre just outside Seattle in Washington State. The aircraft, designated flight test aircraft 2 (FTA-2), touched down at Grant County International Airport a little after 0930 on December 20, Mitsubishi Aircraft
