![TBT: A Boeing pilot flies the Qantas A380 simulator](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/A380-Sept-2008-015.jpg)
Features
Long before the first Qantas A380 touched down on Australian soil, its crews were well versed in the ways of the massive Airbus flagship.
![RAAF opens state-of-the-art P-8A Poseidon training centre](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20090820raaf8160785_0084-crop-1.jpg)
Defence
A new $470 million training facility for the RAAF’s new Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft has officially opened.
![Jump Jet: Flying the F-35B simulator](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/F-35A-USAF-Alaska_7f94.jpg)
Defence
Hovering slowly and precisely along the taxiway I couldn’t help but be reminded of the time I flew a Harrier T.Mk10. I’d thought that the Harrier was an incredible flying machine, but the F-35 is something else! In fact, as soon as I sat down onto the Martin-Baker Mk16 ejection seat it was immediately apparent