The World of Aviation

Australian Aerospace has made a $10,000 donation to Surf Life Saving Queensland during a visit to the Gold Coast. “It doesn’t get much more ‘Aussie’ than the surf life saving movement,” said Australian Aerospace CEO Dr Jens Goennemann, “and while we are quintessentially an Australian company, we do have a special affinity with the State of

Perth’s Orbital Corporation has won a major contract from Textron subsidiary AAI to provide engines for unmanned aerial vehicles to be operated by the US Navy. Orbital developed the Heavy Fuel Engine, nicknamed ‘redback’ by Orbital’s staff, with AAI’s Australian operation Aerosonde to power UAVs which will see service with the US Navy’s Special Operations

CAE has announced that the ProLine 21 equipped King Air 350 simulator at the Ansett Flight Training Centre in Melbourne has been awarded Level D certification by CASA. The CAE 5000 series full-flight simulator is used by CAE at the Tullamarine facility for business aviation training.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will operate the world’s first commercial long haul service to be partially powered by biofuel on June 20. The Dutch airline will operate a Boeing 777-200ER on flight KL705 from Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro on a blend of jetfuel and fuel refined from used cooking oil. The flight will coincide

Shell Aviation has become a founding partner of the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame, and will be the naming sponsor for the inaugural induction in September. “Shell Aviation’s commitment to the Aviation Hall of Fame reflects its commitment to the industry and its heritage and we are delighted to have them come on board as

The Boeing P-8A Poseidon – slated to replace the RAAF’s stalwart AP-3C Orion aircraft under project AIR 7000 – has made its first visit to Australia. Two US Navy P-8s from the Air Test and Evaluation 1 (VX-1) Squadron based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River have been in Australia since June 1, participating in TAMEX