Hannah Dowling

The safety authority cited “insufficient evidence” in its decision to increase the allowable tailwind for aircraft, which would have seen fewer planes flying over the inner-city.

The remains of a RAAF No. 11 Squadron Catalina A24-50 that went missing in Indonesia during WWII has now been recovered and returned to Australia for the memorial service.

Air New Zealand has announced a slew of new board appointments, including the addition of veteran union boss Paul Goulter.

The Australian dad-of-three lined up to take a seat on a future Virgin Galactic flight into suborbital space has revealed how he won this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Talking to Australian Aviation, Gerry Geltch said, “He was my staff member, he was my priority. I think when you’re a father, you just think about if it were your kids. It just is what it is and you do what you have to do.”

Sir Richard blasted off to the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic space-plane on Sunday, in the company’s 22nd successful spaceflight, and fourth crewed flight to space.