The World of Aviation

The RAAF has taken delivery of a full motion training simulator for its four Boeing C-17A Globemaster transports at RAAF Amberley. The simulator will allow RAAF C-17 crews to be trained in Australia from January rather than having to go to USAF facilities in Hawaii or Oklahoma for initial and currency simulator training, as is

Pel-Air Westwind VH-NGA operating a Careflight International aeromedical evacuation flight from Apia in Western Samoa to Melbourne made a successful emergency night ditching near Norfolk Island after apparent fuel exhaustion on Wednesday evening after encountering “deteriorating weather conditions”. “After several unsuccessful approaches and with diminishing fuel, the pilot-in-command, Captain Dominic James, made the decision to

The first 747-8 Freighter emerged from the paint hangar at Boeing’s Everett facility on the night of November 17 sporting a special ‘light’ corporate livery. The livery, which Boeing says saves time and expense compared to the full Boeing house colours (and is similar to that on 787 test aircraft ZA005), features a white fuselage

Rolls-Royce has won an order to provide Trent 700 engines to power 20 Airbus A330s ordered by Air China. The agreement, which includes a long term Total Care service, is valued at US$1.5bn (A$1.6bn). The A330s will be delivered from 2011.

Skywest has purchased an additional Fokker 50 turboprop to add to its fleet, which it says will help improve its on-time performance and add capacity. “We are satisfied with the terms we achieved for this plane and are pleased that we will be further able to increase reliability and on time performance and add additional

Emergency services conducted a simulated explosion exercise at Brisbane Airport on November 18 to test their response in a disaster scenario. Involving 150 volunteers, the simulation involved Brisbane Airport Corporation, state and federal police, Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting and other agencies, and requires the assessment, evacuation, rescue and resolution of a mock situation in