Australian Aviation has announced the winners of the fourth annual Australian Aviation Awards, celebrating the individuals and organisations setting the benchmark across the nation’s aviation sector. A total of 30 professionals and companies were recognised this year, spanning engineers, pilots, aviation safety specialists, start-ups, and innovators. The black-tie gala took place on Thursday, 14 August
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Jake Nelson captured the view out the window of Qantas’ first A321XLR, VH-OGA, as it winged its way southwards to Melbourne on its inaugural flight. Equipped with twin PW1100G-JM Geared Turbo Fan (GTF) engines, the A321XLR boasts a range of around 3,000km longer than the 737-800s it is slated to replace, and will become the
The Australian drone industry may benefit from the slipstream of a US push to overcome regulatory hurdles, says a UNSW expert. REGULATORY HURDLES to beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations, where pilots control the drones from a computer screen, are bottlenecks on the industry’s widespread scaling, says the head of UNSW’s School of Aviation drone program,