Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorThe world’s oldest Spitfire pilot
February 8, 2024 0 commentThe extraordinary story of how one decorated veteran took to the skies again.
Read moreLocked On #392 | The best of aviation photography
February 3, 2024 0 commentThis issue, a B-52 Stratofortress takes part in Exercise Cope North 2024 and a RAAF C-17A Globemaster transports two BK117 helicopters to Antarctica.
Read moreIssue #392: Southern Cross & The Great Escape
February 1, 2024 0 commentWarning: Attempt to read property "name" on false in /data/www/upgrade/australianaviation.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/momentummedia-article-gate/includes/class-momentummedia-article-gate.php on line 169
The next generation is closer than you think It was the aviation story of the year, and for once, it was a (mostly) positive one. In January, a Japan Airlines A350 burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, but astonishingly, everyone on board survived. It was the first serious incident involving Airbus’s new A350 –
Read moreIssue #391: Joyce Exits & A New Airshow Begins
November 29, 2023 0 commentWarning: Attempt to read property "name" on false in /data/www/upgrade/australianaviation.com.au/httpdocs/wp-content/plugins/momentummedia-article-gate/includes/class-momentummedia-article-gate.php on line 169
What will be Alan Joyce’s legacy? Has Australia ever had a more consequential aviation figure than Alan Joyce? I didn’t say popular or successful, mind, but consequential. As numerous commentators have pointed out, Alan Joyce was the most famous business personality in Australia precisely because he radically changed Qantas and, in doing so, changed the
Read moreAlan Joyce’s biographer discusses his legacy at Qantas
November 3, 2023 0 commentCAPA founder Peter Harbison has written the definitive biography of Alan Joyce’s time at Qantas. Here, he tells Jake Nelson what the former CEO got right and wrong.
Read moreInside the Archive #10 | Concorde
November 3, 2023 0 commentAustralian Aviation opens its archive to tell the story of the sad demise of the Concorde, and one incredible flight of four of them.
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