Opportunity Knocks New impetus to change the gender imbalance It might be a simple indication but it’s an indication nonetheless: in the past six years just one key Australian university offering degrees allied to aviation has seen its cohort of women students increase from 20 per cent (2013) to 25 per cent (2016) and now
The question is: what’s really new under the sun? Qantas has been hugely ambitious with its plans for Project Sunrise, its intended ultra ultra long-haul nonstops from Sydney to New York and London using either the Airbus A350-1000ULR or Boeing 777-8. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To
No room for sentiment in Project Sunrise decisions When Qantas first laid down its Project Sunrise challenge in August 2017, the name evoked memories of Catalina flying boats operating during World War II. The flights between Perth and the country now known as Sri Lanka lasted up to 32 hours, meaning those on board experienced
Speculation is a dangerous beast The loss of a second Boeing 737 MAX so soon after the Lion Air tragedy predictably sent the aviation world into overdrive and with it, the mass media. As always, it will be a challenge to decipher between fact and fake news that leaks across the internet, but there is
Community at heart between races I went flying at low level over Blacksmiths Beach at Lake Macquarie NSW in front of hundreds of people in my Extra 300L. It was part of our belated season launch on Sunday March 24 and, honestly, it was one of the best days we’ve had as a team in
You have to hand it to the Galaxy S10 If you are into gadgets, and if you’re reading this magazine we’d say that’s a given, and you’re not into scrimping on your portable device then the Samsung Galaxy S10+ could well be the ultimate aviator smartphone – a tribute to the hardware gods. Between a