The World of Aviation

Airbus has signed a pair of partnership agreements with Australian companies and institutions, signalling it plans to play a significant role in Australia’s space renaissance. Nicolas Chamusy, head of Space Systems for Airbus Defence and Space, said it was their intention to work with academia, SMEs and startup companies to develop Australia’s sovereign space capability,

The RAAF detachment of F-35A pilots, maintainers and support personnel based at Luke AFB in Arizona has recorded the 1,000th sortie of an Australian F-35A. The milestone flight was recorded by one of the RAAF’s first two F-35A pilots, SQNLDR David Bell when he and 3SQN Commanding Officer WGCDR Darren Clare flew together on June 4.

Eight F/A-18A/B classic Hornets from the RAAF’s 75SQN have deployed to Cold Lake AFB in Alberta, Canada to participate in Exercise Maple Flag. The exercise, from June 11 to 22 is a complex international training event which this year will involve the air forces of Canada, Belgium, Brazil, France, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the US,

Virgin Australia will have just the third chief executive in its near 20-year history by the start of 2020, with current boss John Borghetti announcing his intention to step down some time in the next 18 months. Borghetti has “advised the board he will not renew his contract post 1 January 2020”, Virgin Australia said

Alliance Airlines has marked the 90th anniversary of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s trans-Pacific crossing with a celebratory flight on its special livery Fokker 100. The Fokker 100 features a special livery that features an image of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith on the tail, while the fuselage features the Fokker F.VIIb/3m Trimotor, named Southern Cross, used

As a youngster with an aviator father and a passion for flying, Chris Mayr made scale models of German World War 2 aircraft and dreamed of one day owning and flying one in particular – a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. And now he has. A mainstay of the Luftwaffe throughout the war, the Fw 190, named