Return of the Polikarpov An iconic Warbirds Over Wanaka aircraft is set to make an emotional return to Wanaka. One of the nine Polikarpov fighter aircraft famously restored by Sir Tim Wallis back in the 1990s is coming back to Wanaka from Germany for the 30th Anniversary Airshow at Easter 2018. The recovery and restoration […]
OTDIH: First Woman to Circumnavigate the World by Helicopter Picture of Jennifer Murray and Quentin Smith British helicopter pilot Jennifer Murray became the first woman to successfully fly round the world in a helicopter 20 years ago, on 8 August 1997. She completed the feat in 97 days, flying with co-pilot Quentin Smith. Flying a […]
Central Coast Council is calling for EOI Central Coast Council (CCC) is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from general aviation (GA), aerospace and associated businesses looking for long-term leases or purpose built aviation facilities on airside land at Central Coast Airport. The Airport has flat airside industrial-zoned land with opportunities for general aviation operators, […]
Airshow 2017 smashes all records. Total attendances over the six days were 210,664, breaking the previous record, set in 2001, by more than 9,000. Total public day attendances were 176,742 and the industry only trade days had 33,922 attendances, again a record. Airshow CEO Ian Honnery said total crowd numbers were up more than 20 percent […]
Having Difficulty Finding Aero Australia? Many readers have contacted us in the past six months saying they can’t find Aero Australia at their regular newsagent. The distributor for Aero Australia is Integrated Publication Solutions (IPS). IPS has given us a link so you may visit its web site, insert your post code and it will […]
B747-400 Firebomber Approved Global SuperTanker Services, LLC’s high capacity, rapid response aerial firefighting technology received interim approval from the U.S. Interagency Airtanker Board (IAB) on January 6. The interim approval will allow the tanker to be considered for critical federal, state, and international firefighting contracts ahead of the 2017 forest fire season. Global SuperTanker’s B747-400, […]
Absolute Data Group’s S1000D software to support Virgin Galactic’s human spaceflight systems ADG wins Virgin Galactic software Contract 19 January 2017— Whilst most small companies were taking a break over Christmas, Brisbane-based Absolute Data Group (ADG) was busy training Virgin Galactic staff in using its highly regarded technical publishing software, following the news they had […]
Paris, Amstelveen, Sydney, 18 January 2017 KC-30A Support Programme Services include component support solutions, auxiliary power unit and CF6-80E1 engine test, repair and overhaul. Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services (IDS), a fully-owned Australian subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has signed an agreement with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) […]
