The World of Aviation

The USAF’s effort to replace its 45+ year old KC-135 fleet with 179 new tankers under the KC-X program has suffered another blow with confirmation a decision has been delayed from November 2010 until “early” 2011. It has also been revealed that USAF officials accidentally sent each of the two rival bidders, Boeing with its

The US Congress has approved a US$60 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia. The deal, which includes 84 new F-15S fighters, upgrades to 72 F-15Ss already in service, 70 AH-64D Apaches, 72 UH-60M Black Hawks, 36 OH-6 Little Bird helicopters, and thousands of advanced weapons and sensors, is one of the largest ever single arms

Two RAF Harrier GR.9s visited Dunsfold Park aerodrome in the UK on November 18 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first untethered hover by the Harrier’s prototype, the P1127. The 50th anniversary visit was attended by more than 100 special guests including two of the original test pilots, Duncan Simpson and John Farley. The

Texas based GA manufacturer, Mooney, has laid off all but 10 of its employees as the search for an investor/s to save the company continues. The company, which had 500 employees in 2008 when lay offs commenced, will further reduce its current workforce of 53 in the next few weeks. “We are not shutting down,”

Airbus has selected Goodrich to provide the main landing gear for the A350-1000 long range twin. The main gear on the -1000 is different to that on the smaller A350-800/900 models which will be supplied by Messier-Dowty. “The A350-1000 operates at higher design weights than the A350-900/-800 and features an all-new, six-wheel main landing gear

CHC Helicopters has won a contract worth up to $500 million from Woodside Energy to support that company’s operations out of Karratha in WA. The contract, currently operated by Bristow, will initially be for five years with options for an additional four years. CHC will operate four EC225s and two AW139s on the contract, which