Bob Walker is the engineering director of Qantas. An aeronautical engineering graduate of the University of Sydney, he joined Qantas in 1949 as a performance and structures engineer. Since then he has held various senior positions within the airline’s engineering and maintenance division. He was the technical development manager during the Boeing 747 acquisition programme
As Qantas gears up for Project Sunrise and reaches further into Europe and the US with its existing fleet, Jake Nelson examines whether ultra-long-haul is the future of international air travel.
Key aircraft movements from around the region. Virgin snatches back Rex 737-800s, Bonza’s former 737 MAX 8s spotted in Poland, RAAF’s first MAX 8 business jet, and the Triton arrives at Tindal.
All the changes from CASA’s aircraft register, as analysed by Hannah Dowling. This month, Qantas farewells more 717s and adds more A220s, Virgin gets its eighth MAX 8 and nabs three former Rex 737s, and one-in one-out for 767s.
Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum and airshow news. This month, a neex-gen fighter jet at Farnborough, airshows in Australia, HARS begins restoration on an old ANA DC-2, and Tiger Moth Club of NZ’s 2024 fly-in.
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