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The pilot recruitment cycle goes from bust to evident boom There has been much discussion about a pilot shortage in recent times and there is only one thing for certain – there is far more than just one thing at play. Like James Reason’s ‘Swiss Cheese’ model, there have been many contributing factors over a

One giant step for Elon Musk The maiden flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, launched from Kennedy Space Centre at 7:45am AEST on February 7, was a monumental event. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email

Dassault’s re-engined “super-midsize” jet rights the boat Standing in the expansive Dassault Falcon hangar at an unusually quiet Paris Le Bourget Airport, home every two years to the Paris Air Show, the sense of national pride among the assembled French aeronautical world was palpable as the airframer unveiled its latest jet, the Falcon 6X. That pride

The RAAF is counting down to the arrival of its first F-35As in Australia in December *** Local Caption *** Two F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters conduct the first ever trans-Pacific flight from Luke Air Force Base, United States of America to RAAF Base Amberley, Australia. The aircraft are conducting the longest haul flight

News briefs from across aviation The milestone aircraft is a 737 MAX 8, N8717M. boeing OEM news The first A330-800neo, MSN1888, rolled out of the paintshop at Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters in early February, paving the way for test flights to begin by the middle of 2018. The aircraft, which broke cover without its Rolls-Royce Trent

After Perth-London, other routes are begging for the Qantas 787 The launch of non-stop flights between Perth and London on March 24 is arguably the biggest advance in aviation for Western Australia since the advent of the jet era in the early 1960s. The boost for the WA economy cannot be underestimated, with the service