The World of Aviation

A Qatar Airways A340-600 operating a flight from London Gatwick to Doha has made the first passenger flight powered by gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel. The fuel was a 50/50 blend of conventional jet fuel and GTL developed by Shell, which recently gained certification from ASTM International. The State of Qatar is planning to put the fuel

A push by the Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus) to increase the maximum takeoff weight limit of aircraft which can use the RA-Aus register has been closed by CASA. Under the RA-Aus request, CASA started a project in June 2006 to examine a proposal to increase the MTOW limit for aircraft operating under CAO 95.55 to

The Boeing and Lockheed Martin teaming have successfully completed a risk reduction program on their Small Diameter Bomb II program with a successful test on September 29. The test involved the bomb being released from an F-15E over the Eglin AFB range and tracking a moving target through its datalink and tri-mode seeker before hitting

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation has been awarded a contract to provide 24 Beechcraft T-6C advanced trainers to the Royal Moroccan Air Force. The contract represents the first sale of the T-6C which is a development of the successful T-6A but features the upgraded avionics from the T-6B and wing hardpoints for auxiliary fuel tanks.

A second A330 has been inducted into the Qantas Defence Systems hangar at Brisbane Airport for conversion to the third KC-30 MRTT tanker for the RAAF following the completion and preparation for return to flight of the first aircraft to be converted at Brisbane. With the first aircraft having been converted by Airbus Military in

Music group the ‘The Black Eyed Peas’ have set a world record by performing to nearly 140 passengers on a special Virgin Blue charter flight from Melbourne to Perth on Friday. The band jammed during the private four hour flight at an altitude of up to 41,000ft to break the current Guinness World Record for