Australian Aviation

The move means the Victorian airport will now boast 420 return services to Asian cities each week, and help nudge it towards 60 per cent of pre-COVID international travellers.

It comes days after US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall surprisingly hinted his country would be willing to sell its most prized in-development aircraft to Australia.

The Defence Minister stated his predecessor Peter Dutton’s announcement last year that the Army would buy 40 was a “pretty fuzzy commitment”.

The money from the Australian Research Council will be used to develop ‘diagnostic’ instruments that could be placed in the air, on the ground or even on high-flying drones.

While the Boomerang and Spitfire captured the country’s imagination during WWII, the Hudson’s can-do attitude made it the more invaluable team player.

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