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Focus and perspective for busy times The last 12 months have seen the sort of agricultural seasons that rarely come along. Widespread continuous rainfall, huge plantings of crops and a very full soil moisture profile have led to one of the longest and busiest periods ag operators have seen for some time. As a result,

Will 2.54cm more legroom make up for Qantas’s narrow 787 economy? For the world’s longest flight between Perth and London, Qantas’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner economy seat brings mixed news for passengers. Qantas’s seat designers have done the very best possible given the restrictions of the 3-3-3 configuration the airline chose for its 787, with an

Boeing developing augmented and virtual reality solutions for pilot training – in Australia The potential of virtual reality and augmented reality in pilot training is being explored in Brisbane by Boeing Research & Technology – Australia (BR&T), the aerospace giant’s advanced research and development unit. Its general manager Michael Edwards says these new training techniques

Australia and New Zealand Aviation Media Awards 2016 Presented by the Australasian Aviation Press Club and Australian Aviation The Australasian Aviation Press Club held its annual awards at Sydney’s Intercontinental Hotel on November 25. There were more than 168 entries in 2016, with the judges saying the standard was extremely high with many close calls

10 Years Ago Boeing Australia Limited announced on January 5 that it had received a contract to provide reconnaissance and surveillance services with the ScanEagle UAV to the Australian Army. The services provided by ScanEagle are currently in use in southern Iraq by Australian soldiers operating with the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-2 in Operation Catalyst.

Aviation arrivals and departures across the region Qantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of an A321-200 x 2 to Jetstar, A320-200 to Jetstar Pacific and Fokker 100 to QantasLink. Qantas ferried 747-438ER VH-OEI into Melbourne from Hong Kong as QF6014 on November 15 after completing its planned maintenance (Traffic/December). This content