The World of Aviation

The first of 15 Airbus Helicopters H135 (EC135 T2+) for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) arrived at its new home at HMAS Albatross, Nowra on March 31 after flying in from Airbus Helicopters’ facility at Bankstown Airport. The H135 carries the ADF serial of N52-001, cab number ‘841’ and the civilian registration VH-AQG.

Could an electric car outrace an aircraft? That was what Qantas and Tesla sought to find out as the Flying Kangaroo pitted one of its Boeing 737-800s, VH-XZI, against the electric car maker’s Model S P90D electric car at Avalon Airport over the weekend. The event marked the start of a partnership between the two

Planned industrial action at Australia’s airports for Monday and Tuesday has been called off after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) issued an interim order preventing staff from walking off the job. Over the weekend, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), on behalf of the federal government, applied to the FWC calling for a three-month

The Australian division of the Royal Aeronautical Society is holding an online webinar on April 22 discussing the question of Sydney’s proposed second airport. The RAeS online webinar, titled “Sydney’s second airport: reality and myth”, will be hosted by Aviation Safety Regulatory Review (ASRR) author David Forsyth. The panel of guests features Dr Warren Mundy

Scientists within the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) Aerospace Division have developed a new fatigue-monitoring algorithm that shows the Royal Australian Air Force’s F/A-18A/B Hornets are less fatigued than previously thought. The new algorithm, known as MSMP3, has been brought into use after validation testing demonstrated that the old algorithm over-predicted damage due to

A Lockheed Super Constellation headed for the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach has been successfully moved from its previous location at Manila Airport and is in storage awaiting transportation to Australia. The Qantas Founders Museum purchased the Super Constellation, which had been grounded for 25 years, at an auction of old aircraft organised by the