This article first appeared in the June 2018 edition of Australian Aviation. Humans have been curious about the possibility of Martian life for hundreds of years. Mars and Martian life infiltrates popular culture, everything from films and songs to children’s cartoons. And this almost innate fascination for the red planet has also been driven by
The Qantas Founders Museum’s restoration of a Lockheed Super Constellation it purchased more than three years ago has reached a significant milestone with the external restoration of the aircraft fully complete. The aircraft has been painted in what the museum described as “Qantas Super Constellation” livery featuring the name Southern Spray on the nose, a
Aircraft manufacturer ATR expects the fast-growing Asia Pacific region will require 740 new turboprops over the next two decades to support the introduction of new routes and growing demand for travel from so-called secondary cities. The figure, contained in ATR’s turboprop market forecast for 2018-2037 and published on July 2, did not include the Chinese
Five of Australia’s not-for-profit aeromedical operators will no longer have to pay annual services charges to Airservices Australia in a move that will save them $2 million a year. The five not-for-profit aeromedical operators to have their Airservices service fees are Angel Flight, CareFlight, LifeFlight, Little Wings and Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), it was
This week’s Throwback Thursday article is from the April 2014 edition of Australian Aviation, where Owen Zupp investigates what it takes to operate between Australia and Dallas/Fort Worth in Texas. It’s just a number on a flightplan, but it’s a big one – 7,554. That’s how many nautical miles it is from Sydney to Dallas/Fort
Two Australian pilots were injured in an accident while flying a Convair CV-340 on a test flight near Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said in a statement on its website the accident occurred at about 1630 on Tuesday (South African time) and involved a Convair CV-340, ZS-BRV, that
