![Outside In](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/VR-flight-training-Lockheed-Martin.jpg)
Is aviation training keeping up and delivering training outcomes that align with new simulation technology and learning methods? In Australia, many companies and learning institutions such as Boeing Training, airlines, general aviation flight schools, universities, and the Australian military are embracing the new sim technology and the training methodology that goes with it.
![When one door closes, another one opens: Qantas 747 gets second life](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/48903432522_b036ec131a_o_1170.jpg)
After a near 20-year career with Qantas, Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU will have a second life flying as a Rolls-Royce test aircraft.
![Electric Dreams – Ionic Flight and The Elimination of Moving Parts in Aircraft](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MIT-Motorless-Plane-01_0.jpg)
Dawn of the silent, clean, ion machine. Who knew that we’d be looking for the same qualities in both aircraft and roommates?
![Ready to Rise – GE9X](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/9X-2-770x420.jpg)
A key milestone was achieved at the Boeing Everett factory in Washington in November when engineers completed assembly of the major fuselage sections of the first flight-test B777X, the manufacturer’s latest long-haul, twin-aisle jet.
![Mission Possible: Kiwi ingenuity behind the movie industry’s best aerial cinematography](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/San-Andreas-Shoot-14-1-1024x660.jpg)
When an innovative New Zealand company develops a cutting-edge aerial camera system a stone’s throw from an airport where a helicopter operator services A-list movie productions, it offers a fortuitous match. Add to that jaw-dropping scenery of mountains, lakes, valleys, waterfalls, forests and fiords, of epic movie proportions on their doorstep, and that’s a trifecta.
![MAXED OUT – Fate may define the difference between being first and being best](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/First-max-8-under-prod-Renton-Washington-e1568076258939.jpg)
There was a time when being first into the market with the latest jet from Boeing or Airbus was a winning formula for progressive airlines. Over the past few years, however, being a prime mover has become a risky and highly costly business as repeated operational glitches plague some of the newest models.