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Adam is a journalist who has worked for more than 40 media brands in the UK and Australia. Today, he mostly writes about aviation, space and defence.
Eris flew for 14 seconds before crashing near the launchpad, but founder Adam Gilmour hailed the blast off as a success and a “huge step forward for the company”.
An ATSB investigation into the incident revealed that one of the passengers described the aircraft as “rolling left and right” before “diving towards the water”.
Matt Wright will stand trial over the 2022 Robinson R44 crash in remote West Arnhem Land that killed Chris “Willow” Wilson and seriously injured pilot Sebastian Robinson.
Associate professor Andrew Kornberg has already raised more than $2 million of his $4.5 million target and undertook the flight in his own single-engine plane.
The manoeuvre took place as the Australian and US Air Forces conducted refuelling trials during March and April at Eglin Air Force Base, in Florida, and Base Edwards, in California.
It comes after the Commonwealth government last year authorised increasing passenger capacity for Hong Kong to 84 flights per week, up from 70, and with no limits on cargo services.
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