Australian Aviation

“There is one potential problem with automation: that it will be accompanied by complacency and ignorance” – Captain Richard de Crespigny in his book QF32 Complacency and ignorance, says Richard de Crespigny, who led the crew that saved QF32 in 2010, means that airline crash rates might increase because cockpit automation has resulted in a

Bringing the A350 into Service It’s no coincidence that Dassault’s Falcon 5X is a beautiful looking aeroplane. For an aircraft yet to enter flight test, it’s too early to say if the old maxim that ‘if it looks right if flies right’ holds true for the 5X, but there is definitely some truth in that

Dassault rolls out its largest cabin business jet to date With its new Falcon 5X business jet, the French aviation conglomerate Dassault is taking a significant step forward in performance, technology and passenger experience – and its aviation history is setting the scene for what could be its most successful business jet family yet. The

From the depths of the ocean to the blackness of space, Surveillance and Response Group is the ADF’s all-seeing eye Spending a day in the life of this vital Force Element Group (FEG) Australian Aviation was able to see how its remarkably diverse range of capabilities enable it to conduct maritime warfare, air and space

A new runway extentsion for Wellington Airport will allow widebody international services New Zealand’s capital was moved from Auckland to Wellington in 1865 to balance the political interests of the North and South Islands, yet a vibrant and multi-faceted economy developed. 150 years later, the deepwater harbour and situation as a refuge from the Roaring

Big deck aviation returns to the Royal Australian Navy Navy’s largest and newest warship returned alongside Fleet Base East, Garden Island, in Sydney Harbour on April 23 after a 6,000km (3,240nm), seven-week voyage to conduct the first of three first of class flight trials (FoCFT) to test and set the operating limits of the ship’s