Australian Aviation

One hundred teams, including five from Australia and one from New Zealand, are in the hunt for the EUR 30,000 major prize in Airbus’s global student competition Fly Your Ideas. Airbus, which runs the competition in partnership with UNESCO, whittled down the 518 original entries submitted at the end of 2014 to the top 100

The head of Virgin Australia’s Velocity frequent flyer program is stepping down after about two and a half years in the job. Neil Thompson has decided to leave as chief executive of Velocity to focus on his other roles as a director of Plan International Australia and an advisory board member of Australian National University’s

An app offering landing tips and a scientist developing ways to reduce maintenance costs and are among the 12 nominees for the Aerospace Australia industry innovation awards. The nominees will be featured at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon, with the awards to be handed out at the event on February 24. This content is

Qantas goes back to the future with a retro painted 737 I have very clear memories of visiting the Melbourne Airport observation deck – remember those? – as a kid with my grandfather, looking on in amazement at the Qantas Boeing 747 parked at the gate. It was a 747SP – Granddad asked me what

10 years ago The first operational Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor was delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Virginia on January 18. The squadron will be the first operational Raptor unit and initial operational capability is planned for December. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for

Two new types are shown in the New Allocations section this issue with Steve Carter’s Ryan SCW-145 the standout. Claude Ryan began building aircraft during the late 1920s when he designed and built the B1 Brougham, the most famous being the highly modified long-range version Spirit of St Louis flown by Charles Lindbergh across the