Year: 2018

Airliners and volcanic ash don’t mix The ominous ash clouds that spewed forth from Mount Agung hung ominously over the island of Bali, threatening the residents and their homes. Those same clouds impact upon the world of aviation in a variety of ways and for many it stirs memories of the British Airways Boeing 747

Navy farewells the Seahawk Bravo and Battle Budgie Flying low over storm-tossed seas off Newcastle, NSW special forces soldiers aboard a Navy Seahawk helicopter launched from frigate HMAS Stuart eyed their target and at the chosen moment, fast-roped onto the deck of the North Korean freighter MV Pong Su. ‘You don’t need combat operations to

Since launching Vietnam’s only private airline, VietJet, in 2011, founder and chief executive Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has fast become the queen of Asia’s skies. At the surprisingly young age, for an airline boss, of 45, her ambition is boundless. And so far there’s nothing to suggest she won’t achieve her goals. It really all

Voyager 1 probe proves you can teach old tech new tricks Far away, 13 billion miles from Earth, there is a tiny man-made spacecraft drifting away from Earth and everything that we know. This spacecraft, Voyager 1, has travelled further than anything else humans have made, learning about the deepest parts of our solar system

Life as a corporate jet pilot As a corporate jet pilot working at a major Australian multinational for more than two decades, Clive Brookes travelled the world. The pilot visited the snowfields of Aspen, Colorado, braved the baking heat of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and sampled the delights of iconic cities such as

Matt Hall Racing’s season of change To be successful at the elite level of any motor sport, both the machine and the human in the seat need to be operating in unison at the edge of the envelope. This truth is appreciated by every pilot and team that travels the globe as part of the