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RAAF Squadron Leader Matt Harper being interviewed at the 2011 Avalon Airshow. (Defence)

From the archive: Australia’s first F-22 pilot

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This interview from the Australian Aviation archive with RAAF SQNLDR Matt Harper, Australia’s first F-22 Raptor pilot, is from the May 2011 magazine.

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A 2016 file image of Qantas Boeing 747-400 VH-OJU. (Seth Jaworski)

As good as gold: the Boeing 747 at 50

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This feature story from the March 2019 edition of Australian Aviation by John Walton looks at the 50-year history of the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747.

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An aerial view Queenstown Airport. (Queenstown Airport Corporation)

Queenstown flights cancelled due to shortage of air traffic controllers

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A number of Friday evening flights into and out of Queenstown Airport have been cancelled or rescheduled because of too many unwell air traffic controllers.

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The first Boeing 737 MAX entering final assembly at Renton. (Boeing)

Boeing has made 96 flights testing 737 MAX software update: CEO

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Boeing has made 96 flights totaling a little over 159 hours testing a software update for the 737 MAX’s anti-stall feature, chief executive Dennis Muilenburg says.

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Airbus intends to deliver 60 A320 family aircraft a month by the middle of 2019. (Airbus)

Guillaume Faury begins three-year term as Airbus CEO

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Guillaume Faury has officially taken his seat as chief executive of Airbus following the aerospace giant’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Amsterdam.

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A 2017 image of a Gulfstream G650ER at Gold Coast Airport. (Lance Broad)

Gulfstream G650ER smashes new speed and distance record

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Gulfstream’s G650ER has flown the longest nonstop business jet flight by distance and shattered a short-lived speed record of rival Bombardier’s Global 7500.

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