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OzRunways sponsors Matt Hall for the Red Bull Air Race
/Adelaide-based tech company OzRunways has extended their relationship with Australian pilot Matt Hall from the domestic to international scene, joining the Novocastrian as an official sponsor of his Red Bull Air Race World Championship team. OzRunways was founded in 2010 – Hall’s second year in the world’s fastest motorsport series – and in the years
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Tiger ARH grounding lifted last November
/ | 2 Comments on Tiger ARH grounding lifted last NovemberThe Australian Army lifted the grounding of its Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) fleet more than two months ago according to a statement given to Contact Air Land & Sea magazine. The fleet had been grounded since August 11 following the fatal crash of a German Tiger in Africa. Despite Defence sources pointing towards pilot error as
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Boeing targets more than 800 aircraft deliveries in 2018
/ | 2 Comments on Boeing targets more than 800 aircraft deliveries in 2018Boeing says it expects to deliver between 810-815 aircraft in calendar 2018 amid growing passenger demand and rate increases for its 737 narrowbody program, a seven per cent increase on the 763 aircraft deliveries it achieved in 2017. The outlook for the current year was announced on Wednesday (US time), when Boeing released its financial
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Some birds aren't meant to fly – United denies boarding to "emotional support" peacock
| 4 Comments on Some birds aren't meant to fly – United denies boarding to "emotional support" peacockThe story that United Airlines denied boarding to a passenger’s “emotional support peacock” has caused something of a social media flap. The woman was intending to fly on a United Airlines flight from Newark Airport, New Jersey and offered to pay for a second seat for the bird, according to the story which was first
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Crashed Beaver seaplane not on standard flightpath, ATSB preliminary report notes
/The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver floatplane that fatally crashed on New Year’s Eve was not on the operator’s standard flightpath before it impacted Jerusalem Bay just outside Sydney, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says. The findings are in the transport safety investigator’s preliminary report into the accident, which resulted in the death of
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Brisbane to get ATR full flight simulator
| 2 Comments on Brisbane to get ATR full flight simulatorAnsett Aviation Training plans to offer pilot training at a new facility at Brisbane Airport featuring an ATR 72-600 full flight simulator. On January 28 2018, the Queensland government said Ansett Aviation Training had chosen Brisbane Airport as the base for its new training centre which will have three flight simulators. In addition to the
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