The World of Aviation

A United States pilot has offered a cautionary tale about what can happen when an aircraft is flown beyond its limits and bad choices are made.

Virgin Australia has opened applications for its aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) apprenticeship program, with the four-year course to begin in 2020.

The skies over Tocumwal along the New South Wales-Victorian border were filled with aircraft both old and not-so-old over the weekend as the town held its inaugural airshow.

Airbus is trialling new connected technologies to make airline operations more resilient, life easier for cabin crew and improve the passenger experience.

The sky would be the limit for most, but as an avid flyer and ex-fighter pilot, Boo is continuously reaching for the stars in every aspect of his professional life. Listen in as he sits down with Kerwin Rae.

This story from the Australian Aviation archives is from September 2011, when Geoffrey Thomas wrote about the collapse of Ansett Australia.