The World of Aviation

Three of the four Saab 340 airliners operated by Vincent Aviation, which collapsed on May 28, are now in Townsville. Saab 340 VH-VNA ferried in to Townsville from Sydney and VH-VNU ferried to Townsville from Darwin on Wednesday evening, while VH-VNX was already in Townsville where it was undergoing maintenance with Aviex. A fourth Saab

Air New Zealand’s first Boeing 787-9 has made its maiden flight from Boeing’s Everett factory near Seattle. The first test flight – known as B1 and conducted by Boeing test pilots – took off from Everett at 1.45pm local on May 28 and landed three hours and 10 minutes later after reaching an altitude of

The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved additional extended operations (ETOPS) for the Boeing 787 to allow it to be operated up to 330 minutes from a suitable landing field. The certification expands upon the 787’s current 180-minute ETOPS limit which was granted when the type entered service in 2011. The certification opens up a

The RAAF’s AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-Off Missile (JASSM) has achieved its Final Operational Capability (FOC), Minister for Defence, Senator David Johnston has announced. The weapon – which is built by Lockheed Martin and is also in use by the USAF – was acquired under Project AIR 5418 to give the RAAF’s classic Hornet fleet a

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has endorsed the rollout of the Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B). The system is a satellite-based technology enabling aircraft to be accurately tracked by air traffic control and other pilots, particularly in areas of limited radar coverage. Air traffic controllers are now able to provide pilots with radar-like separations resulting

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