Australian Aviation

No room for sentiment in Project Sunrise decisions When Qantas first laid down its Project Sunrise challenge in August 2017, the name evoked memories of Catalina flying boats operating during World War II. The flights between Perth and the country now known as Sri Lanka lasted up to 32 hours, meaning those on board experienced

Speculation is a dangerous beast The loss of a second Boeing 737 MAX so soon after the Lion Air tragedy predictably sent the aviation world into overdrive and with it, the mass media. As always, it will be a challenge to decipher between fact and fake news that leaks across the internet, but there is

Community at heart between races I went flying at low level over Blacksmiths Beach at Lake Macquarie NSW in front of hundreds of people in my Extra 300L. It was part of our belated season launch on Sunday March 24 and, honestly, it was one of the best days we’ve had as a team in

You have to hand it to the Galaxy S10 If you are into gadgets, and if you’re reading this magazine we’d say that’s a given, and you’re not into scrimping on your portable device then the Samsung Galaxy S10+ could well be the ultimate aviator smartphone – a tribute to the hardware gods. Between a

Insights from the world of aviation AIRLINE NEWS Cathay Pacific announced on March 27 it would buy Hong Kong-based low-cost carrier (LCC) HK Express from HNA Aviation Group for HK$4. 93 billion. The company said, in a regulatory filing to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, that buying HK Express was an attractive and practical

Apology was a huge step for Boeing The sight of Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg sitting on the flightdeck during flight testing of a 737 MAX following an upgrade to control software showed one of two things. That Muilenburg ascribes to the maxim that good generals lead from the front or, more cynically, that Boeing was