Australian Aviation

Singapore Airlines takes its first Boeing 787-10 Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) Boeing 787-10 9V-SCA’s arrival at Changi Airport after its epic ferry flight from Charleston, via Osaka Kansai, was indeed a cause for celebration. Not only did it mark the first delivery of a 787-10 to an airline customer anywhere in the world, it also made

Where will the next commercial pilots come from? It was before first light as I drove into the country airport. At the terminal was a Chieftain gleaming in the lights of the terminal building. I watched as the landing lights came alive and then the engines fired up. Wow! The pilot of the craft had

Why do we still need to showcase women in aviation? I was even more excited than usual about this edition of Australian Aviation as it focuses on Women in Aviation. You may well ask; is that because I am a women? Fair question, answer… I suppose so. If a person, falls under the category of

In Aerospace it is a given that we must be innovative. In just a century we have gone from the Bristol Boxkite which could do little more than rise a few hundred metres from the ground and slowly turn, to the introduction of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter, which may as well be from another

For a lot of people working within the aerospace industry, it has been a lifelong passion and interest. Let’s face it, aerospace an awesome (in the literal sense) and inspiring industry to be in. Because of this, it has always attracted highly talented and enthusiastic people across the world to join the aero ranks. But

Attracting more women into aviation Commercial aviation is staring down the end of a demographics barrel. It’s rare that Boeing and Airbus or Qantas and Virgin Australia agree on much, but the two global airframers agree that more than a million pilots and maintenance technicians will need to be trained in the next twenty years,