Australian Aviation

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.

Gear for Australian aviators You’ve suffered a weather delay, diverted into an alternate airfield or you’re halfway into that 4.0 cross country nav and your EFB or tablet is starting to flash “15 per cent battery remaining” when you still have a few hours to go. The cockpit environment is particularly harsh on electronic devices.

Insights from the world of aviation Airline news Long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) Thai AirAsia X has chosen Brisbane as its first Australian destination, with four times weekly flights from Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport with 377-seat Airbus A330-300s to begin on June 25 2019. Brisbane Airport announced the new route in early February. — Air

Changes on the flightdeck of Australian Aviation It’s with more than a twinge of sadness that I write my last words on these pages, as I finished my last days with Australian Aviation and Aviator Media at the end of January. Australian Aviation has been my professional life since joining the magazine in 1992 as

Investigators have found that an unqualified pilot was at the controls of an Aeromexico Connect flight that crashed shortly after takeoff in 2018.