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Qantas Founders Museum finishes Connie external restoration
/ | 7 Comments on Qantas Founders Museum finishes Connie external restorationThe Qantas Founders Museum’s restoration of a Lockheed Super Constellation it purchased more than three years ago has reached a significant milestone with the external restoration of the aircraft fully complete. The aircraft has been painted in what the museum described as “Qantas Super Constellation” livery featuring the name Southern Spray on the nose, a
Read moreATR expects Asia Pacific to need 740 new turboprops over next 20 years
/ | 1 Comment on ATR expects Asia Pacific to need 740 new turboprops over next 20 yearsAircraft manufacturer ATR expects the fast-growing Asia Pacific region will require 740 new turboprops over the next two decades to support the introduction of new routes and growing demand for travel from so-called secondary cities. The figure, contained in ATR’s turboprop market forecast for 2018-2037 and published on July 2, did not include the Chinese
Read moreAirservices waives service fees for aeromedical operators
/Five of Australia’s not-for-profit aeromedical operators will no longer have to pay annual services charges to Airservices Australia in a move that will save them $2 million a year. The five not-for-profit aeromedical operators to have their Airservices service fees are Angel Flight, CareFlight, LifeFlight, Little Wings and Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), it was
Read moreFlying between Australia and the Lone Star State
/ | 1 Comment on Flying between Australia and the Lone Star StateThis week’s Throwback Thursday article is from the April 2014 edition of Australian Aviation, where Owen Zupp investigates what it takes to operate between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth in Texas. It’s just a number on a flightplan, but it’s a big one – 7,554. That’s how many nautical miles it is from Sydney to Dallas/Fort
Read moreTwo Australian pilots injured in South Africa accident
/ | 2 Comments on Two Australian pilots injured in South Africa accidentTwo Australian pilots were injured in an accident while flying a Convair CV-340 on a test flight near Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said in a statement on its website the accident occurred at about 1630 on Tuesday (South African time) and involved a Convair CV-340, ZS-BRV, that
Read moreAirbus rebrands Bombardier’s C Series as A220
/ | 7 Comments on Airbus rebrands Bombardier’s C Series as A220It’s official. The struggling Bombardier C Series regional jet is no more. Bedecked in its new livery and renamed the Airbus A220, the jet conducted a low-level flypast before media from around the world before touching down at its new home in Toulouse, France on Tuesday in what the European planemaker’s commercial aircraft president Guillaume
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