Australian Aviation

  This issue, we begin with a genuine world exclusive with Virgin Orbit, one of the biggest names in the space and aviation industries. When I speculatively approached the business for an interview, I did so in the hope it would throw me the bone of a lowly spokesman. I was gobsmacked therefore, when I

The 747 was meant to be finished. But Virgin Orbit’s mind-boggling plan to fix rockets to its wing could not just give the Queen of the Skies a fitting send-off but change the space business. The company’s CEO, Dan Hart, tells Adam Thorn how he did it.

Australian Aviation Awards winner Little Wings has transformed healthcare of sick children in regional areas by flying them into town for treatment. Casey Martin speaks to its CEO, and those it helps, to tell its story.

Warbirds, classic aircraft, museum, and airshow news. This month, we detail a Supermarine Spitfire restoration in Scone and the lowering of Frigate Bird II.

Key aircraft movements from across the region. This issue, we detail the new Bonza MAX and first Australian Triton. 

This issue, numbers debut and Tony Arbon unpacks a PC-7 that flew for the South African Air Force.