The World of Aviation

Airbus has released a statement supporting the French Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA’s) preliminary findings into the crash of Air France Flight 447, which killed all 228 passengers and crew onboard in 2009. “The preliminary information released by the BEA today is consistent with facts published in the BEA preliminary and interim reports,” the statement read.

Gulfstream has announced the re-start of its G650 flight-test program, following the tragic April 2 crash of a test aircraft which killed all four occupants onboard. “We have conducted all the necessary reviews to assure ourselves that we can safely resume the flight-test program at this point,”Gulfstream Programs, Engineering and Test senior vice president, Pres

An electric powered aircraft technology demonstrator aircraft has made its first flight in Germany, program sponsor Airbus reports. The aircraft, known as ‘eGenius’, was publically unveiled at this year’s international Aero-Expo in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Designed by the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Aircraft Design, eGenius took to the air on May 26, six weeks after

The RAAF’s last F-111 made its final journey from Amberley to Point Cook this week, marking an official end to the long-serving fighter’s 37-year presence in Queensland’s south-east. F-111 A8-125 was dismantled and loaded onto a semi-trailer at RAAF Amberley on May 23, and left the base in the early hours of May 24 to

Virgin Australia has launched its A330 services, with the first flight taking off from Sydney for Perth on May 26, with paying passengers and media onboard, and returning that evening. The A330, VH-XFB Cable Beach, features Virgin Australia’s new Hans Hulsbosch designed economy and business class cabins which form part of the airline’s extensive rebranding

The tragic 2009 crash of doomed Air France Flight 447 has been attributed to pilot error, preliminary reports by French investigators of the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses (BEA) have supposedly revealed. According to numerous online reports that have circled in the last week, sources close to the investigation say the Airbus A330’s autopilot disengaged after