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
The story of the F-22 Raptor is as much about technological audacity as it is about strategic necessity.
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,
Where Am I? In these days of sophisticated equipment (ground, air and satellite), air navigation has become a very exact science. However, it has not always been so precise. Certain early navaids were well known, for example, the Iron Compass (following the railway line) and Pin Pointing (flying low enough to read the name on
Register Review Forty-one aircraft make up the New Allocation section this month and with five restorations and only 16 deletions this represents the largest monthly increase in Australian aircraft numbers for some years Surprisingly, the biggest group represented are agricultural aircraft with seven listed. Polish built PZL Dromader XKK is one of several that have