Category: Aviation World

Australia’s University of New South Wales School of Aviation (UNSW Aviation) is adding six new Diamond DA40 XLT single-engine piston airplanes to its fleet.

The deal was announced by Diamond Aircraft in partnership with the company’s distributor for Australia and New Zealand, Utility Air. As part of the arrangement, Utility Air has also agreed to sponsor the school’s electric vehicle racing development team.

“To be able to sell a fleet of aircraft to UNSW…
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Source: https://www.flyingmag.com/unsw-school-of-aviation-expands-diamond-fleet/

By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail

00:29 17 Jan 2024, updated 00:30 17 Jan 2024

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Harry’s Living Legends of Aviation awards on Friday would have his grandfather Philip rotating in his grave. He gained his RAF wings in 1953, flew for 44 years and clocked up nearly…
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Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12971211/amp/EPHRAIM-HARDCASTLE-Prince-Harrys-Living-Legends-Aviation-award-Prince-Philip-rotating-grave.html

Aviation community mourns deaths of flight instructor, others from Sunday plane crash

NORTHAMPTON — A flyer since her teens, Fly Lugu flight school founder Fredrika Ballard was remembered this week as a consummate professional who worked hard to support opportunities for women in aviation.

Ballard, 53, of Southwick, was killed Sunday when the Beechcraft Baron B55 in which she was…
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Source: https://www.gazettenet.com/Aviator-remembered-for-passion-dedication-to-women-in-flight-53721129

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it will investigate an incident at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport where a plane taxiing for takeoff clipped another plane on Sunday evening.

No injuries were reported, the FAA said in an emailed statement.

The FAA said the left wing tip of Flight 11 from All Nippon Airways, a Japanese airline, hit the rear of a Delta Air Lines plane, Flight 2122, on Sunday around 6:30 p.m. in an area not under air traffic…
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Source: https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/4411099-faa-investigating-ground-collision-at-chicago-airport/

Russia’s loss of a Beriev A-50 spy aircraft recently downed by Ukraine won’t dramatically affect the distribution of forces in the Ukrainian sky but will likely force Russia’s aviation “to behave more cautiously,” Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat told Ukrainska Pravda on Jan. 16.A day before, Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi confirmed that the Ukrainian Air Force had destroyed a Russian A-50 military observation plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 plane that operates as an airborne command…
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Source: https://kyivindependent.com/air-force-downed-a-50-spy-plane-serious-blow-to-russias-aviation/

By LoadstarEditorial
16/01/2024

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16 January 2024, London: Menzies Aviation, the leading service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, has announced a new joint venture (JV) with Sociedade Gestora de Aeroportos (SGA-SA) to deliver cargo and lounge services at Luanda International Airport (LAD).
As part of the new partnership, the newly formed Menzies Angola will handle more…
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Source: https://theloadstar.com/menzies-aviation-and-sga-angola-agree-joint-venture/