Delivering the mail…100 years on Things weren’t looking good. The next morning I was scheduled to depart Essendon and re-enact the historic air mail flight undertaken by Maurice Guillaux in 1914. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

The impact of the shooting down of MH17 will continue to reverberate The shooting down of MH17 on July 17 taking 295 lives marks, like 9/11, a paradigm shift in aviation security. Whereas airlines for decades have flown over trouble spots hoping for the best, they now have to expect the worst. This content is

 The Australian-led air search for MH370 Twice, within a horrifying four-month period, Malaysia Airlines lost two airliners – one claimed by the roiling currents of post-Soviet geopolitics, and the other, it’s believed, by those of the southern Indian Ocean. Though both aircraft were lost in vastly differing circumstances, physical remains, electronic data and wreckage will

Qantas fought long and hard for major changes to the Qantas Sales Act (QSA). Adjustments to the legislation came in July but most industry insiders, including the airline itself, believe the result is a watered down political compromise that ignores the realities of today’s airline world Anyone listening for the sound of champagne corks popping