The World of Aviation

Austrian pilot Hannes Arch has made it three wins in a row after taking out victory at the Windsor, Canada, leg of the Red Bull Air Race, while former RAAF fighter pilot Matt Hall had to withdraw from the event after his aircraft hit the water during a rare close call. Once again, Arch saw

Cathay Pacific Cargo has announced that it will launch a twice weekly round-the-world freighter service from July 9. The airline will operate a Boeing 747-400 Freighter which will depart from Hong Kong and fly via Anchorage to Chicago, before crossing the Atlantic to Amsterdam, then onwards to Dubai and back to Hong Kong. In total,

Airbus delivered the 30th A380 on June 5, with the milestone aircraft going to Emirates, making it the 10th of the type to be received by the airline. While the aircraft has been handed over, it will go on display at the ILA Berlin Airshow from June 8 to 13. Lufthansa will also display its

That the troubled JSF program has been re-certified after its April Nunn-McCurdy breach is no surprise, especially after many of the issues which saw it breach the threshold were substantially addressed by US SECDEF Gates back in February. It’s interesting though to observe the disparity between the program cost estimates of the various ‘independent’ bodies reporting

Victorian Premier John Brumby has announced that the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition will remain at Avalon Airport until at least 2015 after a new agreement was reached with the airport’s operator. “This agreement with Avalon Airport Australia means that we can continue to grow and improve our event with the knowledge

Much has been said in recent years about defence projects that have stalled or have been cancelled, many due to capability creep or bureaucratic mismanagement. Seasprite and JP129 instantly spring to mind. The Wedgetail project has also received its share of criticism, but not all of it is justified. I spoke with project head AVM