The World of Aviation

Two landing gear doors fell off a RAAF PC-9/A operating a training flight near RAAF Base East Sale on April 14. “The aircraft was operating in the East Sale Military Training Area, approximately 12km southwest of Heyfield at the time of the incident, and then recovered safely to RAAF Base East Sale,” says a Department

Boeing has awarded Melbourne based Production Parts a contract to supply rudder pedal kits for F/A-18E/F Super Hornets production. The one-year contract gives Production Parts options on future contracts Boeing may receive from the US Navy and international customers for the Super Hornet. The aircraft is currently in contention for sales to Denmark, Brazil, Greece

The USAF Air National Guard (ANG) has taken delivery of its first F-15 Golden Eagle, an F-15C upgraded with a new AN/APG-63(V)3 advanced electronically scanned array (AESA) radar. The APG-63 replaces the ageing APG-70 radar, and gives the F-15s far greater situational awareness and a new anti-cruise missile mission. “When the F-15 was first designed

The WA Department of Transport has proposed a new framework for intra-WA turboprop routes which would see a greater number of route licences issued, as well as limited competition on some currently protected routes. In a presentation to stakeholders on April 9, the Department noted that intra-WA routes were not yet ready to support full

The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft arrived at the US Navy’s east coast test facility at NAS Patuxent River near Washington DC on April 10. The aircraft, dubbed T1, flew from Boeing Field, Seattle, and was ceremonially escorted into Pax River by a P-3C Orion, the aircraft it will replace in service. T1

Macquarie Bank has purchased 53 aircraft from AIG subsidiary International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) in a US$2bn (A$2.1bn) transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, MacBank will acquire 47 aircraft worth US$1.67bn (A$1.8bn), while it will also transfer to its 37.5 per cent owned subsidiary Macquarie AirFinance the right to purchase six of the aircraft