Marc Joel Atrero

Eviation charges towards the electric dream. Since the earliest days of powered flight, clean, quiet and reliable electric propulsion has been the dream of aviators and aircraft designers alike. The first electrically-powered airship was flown in 1881, predating the Wright Brothers by more than two decades. Yet despite the successful utilisation of electric propulsion on

Every summer, mostly military aircraft from the United States, New Zealand, South Korea and Italy carry more than 5,500 passengers and 1,400 tonnes of cargo on 100 flights between their Christchurch base and Antarctica, supplementing sea cargo delivering provisions. The small New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) contingent takes about 500 of those passengers and 90,718kg

Virgin Australia Captain Michelle Huntington. Interviewer: Australian Aviation’s Rob Brus Photos: Peter Chrismas Listen To The Interview Below This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device. If

Machine learning, next-gen jammers, will keep the EA-18G at the forefront of electronic attack. At just US$7 million, the US Department of Defense contract awarded to Northrop Grumman for the Reactive Electronic Attack Measures (REAM) program last April seems pretty small beer. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

Defence gears up for the guardian of the seas The first of Australia’s new Triton high altitude unmanned surveillance aircraft arrives in 2023 to take its place alongside the P-8A Poseidon manned maritime patrol aircraft and MQ-9 Predator armed UAVs, in another step on the RAAF’s journey to becoming a true fifth generation air force.

Racing on the limit, not over it Humans were not meant to fly, let alone fly at 200kts, 30 feet above the ground or an ocean. In the Red Bull Air Race, that is exactly what we are doing and we’re doing it all in the pursuit of standing atop the podium on race day.