Australian Aviation

Australian Aviation opens its archive to tell the story of the Boeing 777, the best-selling wide-body aircraft of all time.

Chaplain Haydn Lea found Sergeant William O’Shea’s medals last year in a Perth military memorabilia shop and noticed that they were missing a Royal Air Force Bomber Command clasp, which were awarded decades after the war to those who served in Bomber Command.

Speaking at the Herald Sun’s Future Victoria event on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that the Commonwealth will help foot the bill for the long-delayed project, including a mixture of new and existing funding.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $8 million to technology developer Licella to assess the viability of a biorefinery at a Bundaberg sugar mill, while Viva Energy has been awarded $2.4 million to demonstrate SAF use and storage at Brisbane Airport.

The chief technology officer of the University of Southern Queensland’s iLAuNCH program, Dr Joni Sytsma, has joined the impressive speaker line-up to discuss the potential for dual-use innovation in space and defence.

Key aircraft movements from around the region. Qantas gets festive with an A321P2F as its last 717 finally properly retires, a NASA Gulfstream visits Australia, and Skytrans gets its first A319.