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The Rolls-Royce bribery scandal It reads like a seedy novel, a story of bribery and corruption in high places. But it’s real. The startling news last month that one of the world’s leading engine makers, Rolls-Royce, has admitted to forking out multi-million dollar sweeteners to win orders sent shock waves through the aviation world. Especially

Living in the Age of Airplanes When film-maker Brian Terwilliger’s first feature, ‘One Six Right’, rose to prominence in 2005, it was met with passionate support by the aviation community. For beyond the incredible footage, poignant interviews and stirring soundtrack was a deeper message – the fact that general aviation has a valuable place in

Adelaide Airport’s efforts to attract international services is yielding results Adelaide Airport is ramping up its efforts to attract more international airlines. After last year’s successes, in gaining direct service into Adelaide by Qatar Airways from Doha and China Southern from Guangzhou, the prime target is the US West Coast. This content is available exclusively

Sky-high hopes for inflight wi-fi on local airlines With Qantas, Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand launching inflight connectivity in 2017, and a record number of overseas airlines offering internet access to passengers on flights into the region, this year looks to be one of the most revolutionary for the aviation industry in a decade.

Mustang ready to fly Peter Gill’s CAC CA-18 Mustang VH-URZ/A68-199 is almost ready to fly. The aircraft, located at Tyabb, Victoria had its first engine run on November 28 and a taxi check the next day. It may well be that the aircraft has completed its first flight by the time these words are read.

Australian companies stand to benefit from an effort to acquire ‘soldier-proof’ unmanned systems for the Australian Army Australian industry involvement has been put at the heart of a plan to acquire a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) to be used by Australian Army soldiers that is expected to be man-portable or carried within a team.