The World of Aviation

Windy conditions met the pilots of the Red Bull Air Race for their first practice session in the track at this year’s race in Chiba, Japan on Friday, with Australia’s Matt Hall putting together a time good enough for fourth. Importantly for the team, Hall was one of two pilots to have a completely penalty

Sydney Airport chief executive Geoff Culbert says the advancements in aircraft technology, particularly the development of ultra-long range (ULR) jets, will help unlock “significant latent demand”. Speaking to shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting for the first time since taking charge of Sydney Airport in earlier in 2018, Culbert talked up the prospects of

The Israel Defence Force says it has used its F-35I ‘Adir’ fighters in recent combat operations, marking the combat debut for the long-awaited fifth-generation fighter. During a May 22 speech to visiting air chiefs at a conference in Israel, IAF commander Major General Amikam Norkin showed a picture of an F-35I flying over Beirut. “I

Light-handed regulation of Australia and New Zealand’s airports has been ineffective at protecting consumers from higher charges due to their monopoly power, a report says. The findings are in the “Performance and Impact of Australia’s Airports Since Privatisation” report prepared by Frontier Economics and commissioned by recently-formed lobby group Airlines for Australia and New Zealand

The Australian Army has begun rolling out the PD-100 Black Hornet Nano unmanned aerial system to its units following a successful trial program. “UAS are a game-changer for the Army, providing enhanced situational awareness for better mission execution for Australian soldiers,” said BRIG Susan Coyle, Commander 6th Brigade and the Army’s only UAS unit, the

An RAAF KC-30A MRTT has returned from a six week detachment to NAS Patuxent River in Maryland where it conducted a series of air-to-air refuelling trials with US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidons. From February 27 to Aril 14, the KC-30 along with members of 33SQN and the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) undertook the clearance