The World of Aviation

A volcano eruption in Iceland has closed airspace around northern Europe, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers. The volcano began erupting on April 14 below the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, hurling a 6-11 kilometre plume of ash into the atmosphere which is spreading to the southeast, forcing Britain to cancel flights in its air space except for

Continental Airlines and United Airlines have started merger discussions according to reports, which come following earlier reports of United also holding discussions with US Airways. According to a report from the Reuters news service, which cites an unnamed source briefed in the matter, Continental and United talks are in the “very early stages”, although much

Sunshine Coast Airport has announced that it has engaged consultants AECOM and ARUP to start a study on building a new runway at the growing airport. “This is a very early but essential stage in planning for a new runway and will contribute to the development of a preliminary design,” said Sunshine Coast mayor Bob

Brazilian pilot Adilson Kindlemann crashed into the Swan River on April 15 during practice in the lead up to the Perth round of the Red Bull Air Race. According to witness reports, Kindlemann was flying close to the water and appeared to be coming out of a tight turn when his wing may have struck

JSF test aircraft F-35A AF-1, the first “optimised” A model F-35, has emerged from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Final Finishes Facility at Fort Worth sporting its robot applied paint coatings and new hand painted fin flashes on its vertical tails. AF-1 had flown twice late last year before undergoing a period of ground testing, but is

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