The World of Aviation

Terry Farquharson is filling in as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) acting director of aviation safety until the successor to John McCormick is named. McCormick ended his five and a half year run as the director of aviation safety on Sunday, August 31 and has left the organisation. CASA spokesperson Peter Gibson said Farquharson,

Dorothy Herbert AM was not just a pilot and a doctor, but an inspiration for all aspiring pilots and doctors everywhere. Herbert died on Wednesday, August 27. She was 91. An active pilot for 50 years, amassing 2,200 flight hours in powered aircraft and a further 300 in gliders, she caught the aviation bug in her

The Royal Australian Air Force has undertaken a second air-drop of humanitarian supplies to civilians in northern Iraqi cut off by Islamic State militans, and could soon be involved in airlift missions supplying weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces. In  the early hours of Sunday morning local time a RAAF 37SQN C-130J Hercules air-dropped 15 bundles of supplies

BAE Systems Australia is set to produce about 1,000 Audio Control Electronic modules for the F-35 Lightning II’s communication, navigation and identification suite under a long-term arrangement with Northrop Grumman. The work will initially augment manufacturing being carried out by Northrop Grumman, but BAE Systems could eventually become the single-source supplier of the module. The

Residents of Gladstone have lost their direct service to Sydney after QantasLink ended its flights on the route on Friday. The last service, QantasLink flight QF2129, left Gladstone Airport at 1651 and arrived at Mascot a little behind schedule at 1946 on Friday, August 29. In July, Qantas said in an advisory note to travel agents

Xiamen Airlines has joined a growing list of carriers planning to fly the Boeing 787 to Australia. The Chinese airline has received the first of six 787-8s on order due for delivery between now and September 2015. While the airline plans to use the aircraft on domestic routes initially, they will eventually be deployed to international