Edinburgh Airshow: The RAAF In The Defence State
This past weekend, the first Edinburgh Airshow was hosted since 2007. Despite the 12 year wait, more than 60,000 enthusiastic attendees descended on the military base in Adelaide’s far north, for the simple pleasure of looking at planes. Aerial & static displays from past & present military aircraft lined the normally quiet & solitary air […]
Low Level Moose Flying: RAAF And USAF C-17s Hone Their Interoperability
Three Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIIs have been operating out of RAAF Base Amberley as part of Exercise Global Dexterity, an annual exercise to improve C-17 interoperability between the armed forces of Australia and the United States. As part of the…
Qatar Airways Commences A350-1000 Operations into Australia
On Thursday, October 31, Qatar Airways commenced A350-1000 operations into Australia. Operating as QR906, this is a daily service operated by the Doha-based carrier flying from the Qatari capital city to Canberra via Sydney. It returns to Doha via its…
Airbus A220 Begins South Pacific Demonstration Tour
Airbus has begun its A220 South Pacific demonstration tour, using a leased Air Baltic A220-300 YL-AAS. The aircraft will be visiting several different countries on the tour, including Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia and India.…
VH-OJU Departs Aussie Soil, One Last Time
At 17:05 (AEDT) VH-OJU has left Australian shores for the last time bound for Los Angeles (LAX). Under the callsign QF99 as a special flight for frequent flyers, her trip to the US will take approximately 12hrs 55mins (per FlightAware).…