The World of Aviation

For all fans of the venerable DHC-4 Caribou, plans are underway to fly the aircraft owned by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) to the Caboolture Warplane Museum’s “Antique Aircraft Day” in Caboolture on November 18.   It is planned for the Caribou to be in Caboolture from November 16-19 in support of this event. On

The third annual ‘Haul-a-Herc’ fundraiser was held recently at RAAF Base Richmond. Twenty teams of 20 people each competed to pull the 40-tonne C130J over a 10 metre course in the quickest time. While the RAAF Base Richmond team got the fastest time of 11.68 seconds during qualifying heats, the Public Order and Riot Squad

The New Zealand Defence Force has signed a five-year contract with Hawker Pacific for the supply and maintenance of four King Air B200 aircraft. The Pro-Line 21 equipped King Airs, which will be used to provide advanced pilot training in addition to a domestic air transport capability, will be supplied by Hawker Pacific under a

A US$494 million rescue package has been approved by the Bahrain government for struggling Gulf Air. According to a report in ATW, the conditions imposed on the airline may include substantial down-sizing to focus on regional services, in the process reducing the airline’s international flying program to only Paris and London.  Fleet size may be

Tiger Airways has released details of a poll of its passengers for their most favoured destinations for Tiger to fly to next, with Alice Springs topping the list. The top destinations in descending order after Alice Springs were Mackay, Hervey Bay, Avalon and Rockhampton. “As we said from the outset, the voting poll is one

Singapore is leading business aircraft sales growth in Asia, recording a 500 per cent increase in sales over the last five years, according to  Hawker Beechcraft.  This compares with 394 per cent in China and 389 per cent in Hong Kong. Across Asia, bizjet sales have increased by an average 139 per cent, with 282 units