Australian Aviation

More intelligent, integrated and lethal are the best characteristics to describe Australia’s new AH-64E Apache attack helicopters

Matt Hall is one of Australia’s best-known aerobatic performers and now teaches others how to think like a fighter pilot. Here, he talks to Jake Nelson at Avalon about his death-defying career.

Viswashkumar Ramesh, a 40-year-old British national, is believed to have escaped through an emergency exit after the 787-8 Dreamliner, VT-ANB, crashed shortly after take-off in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The plane had been operating flight AI171 to London Gatwick.

Can Virgin’s Miraculous Comeback Continue? My Colleague, Jake Nelson, has been a busy man these past few months. It didn’t occur to me until far too late, but our senior journalist has penned almost half the issue! Luckily for us, he’s the best journalist on the beat and, for our website, has broken scores of

The inaugural VA1 service took off for Doha shortly after 3pm using Qatar Airways’ 777-300ER A7-BET, marking the first long-haul international flight for Virgin since the carrier went into administration in 2020.

The Queensland-based firm plans to use the Transall C-160 fixed-wing aircraft, which can safely land on small regional airstrips for refilling, to bolster its aerial firefighting capabilities in remote and rugged locations. It aims to have all three operational for the 2025–26 fire season.