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CTC Aviation Training Australian Roadshow - Sydney

Leading New Zealand flying schol CTC Aviation is returning to Australia with a roadshow in February 2012 targeting Australia's future airline pilots.

CTC Aviation Training Australian Roadshow - Brisbane

Leading New Zealand flying schol CTC Aviation is returning to Australia with a roadshow in February 2012 targeting Australia's future airline pilots.

CTC Aviation Training Australian Roadshow - Melbourne

Leading New Zealand flying schol CTC Aviation is returning to Australia with a roadshow in February 2012 targeting Australia's future airline pilots.

Wings Over Warwick

Aircraft Showcase - Pearl Harbour

QVAG AFM Kilcoy Kapers Fly In

Outback Air Race 2012

Annual Fly In Weekend

Aero Engine Run Day

Wings, Warbirds and Wheels

BLOG: The planes in Spain?

Hitch finds the Spanish skies uncomfortably void of General Aviation.

Cessna increases range for new Citation Latitude biz jet

Cessna has announced that its planned new midsize business jet, the Citation Latitude, is now expected to have a maximum range of 2,300 nautical miles.

Week in brief February 10 2012

ICAO's video contest for future airline pilots; Former RAF/airline pilot killed by live prop; YSBK to YPJT to jail for drug smuggling pilots; Last known WWI Vet passes; and much more.

FRIDAY FLYING VIDEO: Pilot lands Cessna C172 after losing prop

Amateur footage from Mexico of a pilot's successful forced landing in a Cessna C172B after the aircraft loses its propeller.

Cessna announces the new Latitude

Cessna has announced the new Citation Latitude mid-size business jet at the National Business Aircraft Association Annual Meeting and Convention.

Flightpath

The February - April 2012 issue of Flightpath, Australian Flying's sister publication focused on Warbirds and vintage aircraft, is now on the newsstand and features a stunning photo of TAM's Meteor and the 70th Anniversary F/A-18 Hornet on the cover.

Flightpath

The November 2011 - January 2012 issue of Flightpath, Australian Flying's sister publication focused on Warbirds and vintage aircraft, is now on the newsstand and features a superb shot of Rudy Frasca's new-build Flug Werk FW 190A-9 on the cover.

RAAA announces details of 2012 Annual Convention

The Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) has announced the dates and venue for the annual RAAA Meeting and Convention.

Hawker Beechcraft appoints new CEO

Hawker Beechcraft, Inc, the parent company of Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, has appointed Robert S. "Steve" Miller as its new Chief Executive Officer.

WARBIRDS: Touring Jim Whalley's private collection

Phil Hosking tours Jim Whalley's private collection of Wardbirds, which includes a CAC Boomerang, SIAI Marchetti S211 and DHC-1 Chipmunk, in South Australia.

Rolls profits up sharply amid strong engine demand

Rising demand for more fuel efficient jet engines pushed Rolls-Royce profits up 21 per cent last year amid expectations for continued strong growth. The British enginemaker reported 2011 pretax profits of £1.16bn (AS$1.7bn) on revenues of £11.3bn. The result slightly exceeded forecasted profits of £1.15bn. The world’s second largest maker of aircraft engines, Rolls finished [...]

Etihad posts first ever profit

Etihad Airways ended 2011 in the black for the first time in its eight year history, posting profits of US$14 million on the back of a 36 per cent increase in revenues to US$4.1 billion, the Abu Dhabi based carrier reported. The results exceeded a break-even forecast for the year. In 2007, Etihad set a [...]

Hawker touts avionics firsts

Hawker Pacific has completed what it says are several firsts in major avionics upgrades at its Asia Pacific Customer Service centres. The company recently completed the retrofit of a Rockwell Collins Proline 21 for a Philippine-based customer at its Manila Service Centre, a world-first on a King Air 350. Another was done in tandem at [...]

Q Streaming a success, Qantas says

Qantas says a trial run of its wi-fi based Q Streaming inflight entertainment system has met with an extremely positive response as the carrier finalises plans to deploy the system across its wider fleet. Developed by Lufthansa Systems, the wireless IFE gives passengers access to more than 200 hours of programming streamed directly to iPads [...]

Data entry miscue blamed for stickshaker incident

Incorrect weight data entered into a flight computer led to the near stall of a QantasLink 717 flight near Kalgoorlie in late 2010, an ATSB investigation has concluded. The investigation found the flightcrew mistakenly entered the Boeing 717-200’s operating weight instead of the zero fuel weight into the aircraft’s flight management system (FMS). That led [...]

Checks ordered on all A380s over wing cracks

Europe’s air safety regulator EASA has ordered inspections of the entire Airbus A380 fleet after an initial round of checks found wing cracks in nearly every one of the superjumbo jets inspected so far. In a safety directive issued on Wednesday, EASA said the cracks “may lead to a reduction of the structural integrity of [...]

Bryce named 75SQN patron

The Governor General’s husband, Michael Bryce, has been named patron of the RAAF’s No 75 Squadron Association. Formed in 1942, the squadron played a key role in defending Australia’s northern approaches from Japanese air attack during World War 2. Currently base at RAAF Tindal near Katherine, the squadron deployed to Iraq in 2003. “I am, [...]

Jetstar Japan announces first routes

Jetstar Japan will fly to Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa from its Tokyo Narita base when the airline begins operations in July, the carrier announced on Wednesday. The initial schedule will make the airline the only LCC to fly domestically from the Japanese capital, Jetstar said. The carrier plans to commence flights on July 3, [...]

Virgin pilot sues over hefty flight bag

A Virgin Australia pilot is suing the airline over claims he injured his back carrying a heavy flight bag full of charts and documents. The pilot, identified in news reports as David Linton Kloster, a first officer, is seeking more than $1m in lost earnings and expenses after hurting himself picking up the 18kg bag. [...]

Qantas finds wing cracks in another A380

A Qantas A380 has been grounded for up to a week over cracks discovered inside its wing after it was hit by severe turbulence during a flight from London to Singapore last month. Engineers found 36 hairline cracks in wing-rib feet during inspections in Sydney, Qantas said. The discovery comes after the European Aviation Safety [...]