The World of Aviation

Tiger Airways Australia has announced another set of routes it will operate from its Avalon base, with Sydney, Rockhampton, Mackay and Alice Springs to be linked to the airport near Geelong. According to Tiger’s online schedules, the airline will operate twice daily to Sydney, three times a week to Alice Springs and Rockhampton and four

Boeing has received expanded type inspection authorisation (TIA) from the FAA for the 747-8 Freighter, which allows for FAA personnel to take part in testing as part of its formal type certification process, while assembly work on the fuselage of the first Intercontinental has started. Boeing’s vice president and general manager for the 747 program

The ATSB is commencing an investigation into the crash of a Piper Mojave at Canley Heights in Sydney’s south-west on the morning of June 15. The aircraft, VH-PGW,  took off from Bankstown Airport with a male pilot and a female nurse on board. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot notified air traffic control that the aircraft

EADS displayed a Diamond DA42 which has become the first aircraft powered solely by algae derived biofuels at the ILA Berlin Air Show last week. Tests on the aircraft, which is powered by Austro Engine AE300 engines, showed that the aircraft consumed 1.5 litres per hour less than when powered by Jet-A1 fuel while maintaining

The USAF has placed an order for eight C-27J tactical transports from Finmeccanica, bringing to 21 the total number of C-27Js ordered for the service. Under the previous Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) requirement for the USAF and US Army, as many as 108 C-27Js were to be acquired, but this has been reduced to a

A Lockheed Martin F-35B STOVL variant of the JSF has exceeded the sound barrier for the first time. The milestone, achieved by development aircraft BF-02 on its 30th flight, saw the aircraft achieve Mach 1.07 at 30,000ft during a sortie from the US Navy’s test facility at Patuxent River near Washington DC. BF-02 is one