The World of Aviation

Four Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey tiltrotors will form part of the latest US Marine Corps rotational deployment to Darwin. The 1,250 personnel strong 2017 Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) was due to begin arriving in Darwin this week for the six-month long deployment. As well as the Ospreys the Marines are also sending five AH-1W ‘Whiskey’ Cobra

Alliance Aviation Services says its contract with OZ Minerals to fly workers to the miner’s copper/gold Prominent Hill site in South Australia will end in August. The company said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Tuesday that the end of the contract on August 11 2017 would have no impact on its

The RAAF’s 34 Squadron has marked 50,000 flying hours with its current fleet of two Boeing BBJ and three Bombardier Challenger 604 Special Purpose Aircraft (SPA). The 50,000 flying hour milestone was passed in March. “Recent flood and cyclone damage in Queensland and northern New South Wales led 34SQN to provide transport for the Prime

Boeing says the two largest variants of its 737 MAX program are expected to comprise up to a quarter of total sales as the MAX 9 begins its flight test program. The MAX 9, a stretch of the 737 MAX 8, took off on its maiden flight from Renton Field in Washington State at 1052

Ireland’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) has used recovered cockpit voice and flight recorder data to determine an Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92 flew into terrain while making an approach to refuel when it fatally crashed on March 14. The AAIU’s preliminary report, released on April 13, said in the final seconds of its controlled flight

Oklahoma is hoping its well-developed aviation industry and business-friendly conditions will entice Australian aerospace firms to say “here I come”. Representatives from The Sooner State, along with those from California, Connecticut, Maryland and Oregon, were keen to showcase their wares at the 2017 Avalon Airshow. Oklahoma Department of Commerce aerospace and defense director Vince Howie