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Qantas sets its sights on the world’s longest flights Ten thousand miles. That’s roughly the air distance between Sydney and London flying against the prevailing winds. Flying that distance, nonstop, with an economically viable payload, really is the Holy Grail, as Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has put it. This content is available exclusively to

The rhetoric and reality of regional WA air services Well, it is the Wild West which means you must have a lynching every now and then to keep the people Happy. And that is exactly what is happening at the West Australian Economics and Industry Standing Committee inquiry into airfares within WA. Part of a

Blunty News West Sale in Victoria is the place for JP Jet Provost and BAC Strikemaster aircraft. Seen recently at West sale were two BAC 167 Strikemasters plus two Jet Provosts. The tri plus one are not normally seen as West Sale is a tad off the usual enthusiasts trail. One Hunting Jet Provost or

Has Virgin Australia turned the corner back to profitability? Virgin Australia’s transformation from cheap and cheerful low-cost carrier Virgin Blue to a diversified airline group has to be arguably the biggest, quickest makeover in Australian aviation history. It has also been a hugely expensive exercise that its major shareholders have heavily funded as Virgin burned

Preparing for journey’s end For every take-off there has to be a landing. When one thinks of an arrival at the base or destination airport the thought is usually just one of the circuit, flaps, speed and touch-down. But there is more to the arrival than that. Without making a meal of it the arrival

Only one new type is shown in the New Allocations this issue but it is probably the most interesting that we have seen for some time. The Elson Space Engineering Haleiso 150 BNF is a high altitude research balloon which is in Australia for a project which the operators do not wish to publicise until