A third RAAF pilot is now qualified on the F-35A after Flight Lieutenant Edwin Borrman recently completed his qualifying flight at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. Defence said on Tuesday FLTLT Borrman was now qualified to instruct other pilots in flying the aircraft, joining SQNLDRs Andrew Jackson and David Bell as Australia’s first qualified F-35 pilots.
Night operations at Queenstown Airport have commenced with the arrival of Air New Zealand flight NZ613 from Auckland. The flight, operated by Airbus A320 ZK-OXI, touched down a little after 1920 local time on Monday, after a one hour and 46 minute journey from Auckland. The aircraft was on the ground for about 90 minutes
Embraer’s new E2 family of jets has successfully completed its maiden flight ahead of schedule at the company’s Sao Jose dos Campos facility. The first E190-E2, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PurePower geared turbofan engines, took off at 1306 local time on Monday and flew for three hours and 20 minutes with Captain Mozart
The Navy’s Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trials Unit (AMAFTU) has commenced deck handling trials with the Army’s new CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters on board the LHD amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra. Two Foxtrot Chinooks, A15-304 and -307, from C Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment landed on board the Canberra for the first time while it was alongside at
Virgin Australia has topped Qantas for on-time honours for a second straight month, latest figures show. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) said in its monthly report on on-time performance 91.8 per cent of the combined Virgin Australia/Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA) network’s flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule in April.
Bell Helicopter has announced it will relocate the production of three key programs in order to optimise manufacturing capabilities across its facility network. Effective immediately, the 505 Jet Ranger X final assembly in Lafayette, Louisiana, will be relocated to the company’s Mirabel, Canada, assembly and delivery centre to make way for the 525 Relentless cabin
