The World of Aviation

Gulfstream Aerospace has celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first flight of the large cabin, long range GIV, which took place on September 19 1985. “The GIV was the aircraft that launched a thousand Gulfstream aircraft,” said Joe Lombardo, president of Gulfstream.  “It formed the foundation for designing and building the G300, G400, G350 and

Airbus and CAE have signed a contract to design and build the first A350 full-flight simulators (FFSs) and procedural trainers which will be used to train initial pilots for the forthcoming widebody aircraft. Under the terms of the contract, CAE will to design and manufacture two CAE 7000 Series FFSs for the Airbus A350 and

Airnorth has announced that it will operate an additional two services per week on the Darwin-Dili route from October 4. The new Wednesday and Thursday services will mean that Airnorth will operate twice daily services between Darwin and Dili between Mondays and Thursdays and daily services on Fridays and Saturdays. All services are operated with

Cessna has announced that it will lay off up to 700 employees across its various operations due to the slower than expected pace of the recovery of the general aviation aircraft market. In a memo to employees, Cessna’s president, chairman and CEO Jack Pelton said that, “the recovery and growth we expected to see throughout

The US House of Representatives have passed a bill which will grant businesses who buy new general aviation aircraft and components a bonus depreciation tax incentive in a move which is expected to give a major boost to the GA manufacturing industry. “We are pleased that the House acted so quickly to pass the final

The fourth Rathmines Catalina Festival will be held on October 23 to help raise funds to restore and base the Cataling Flying Memorial’s Catalina VH-CAT at Rathmines. The festival will include entertainers, flypasts and landings from seaplanes, Tiger Moths and other light aircraft as well as an aerobatic display from a Pitts Special. In addition,