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 In this extract from his book, Damien Lay imagines the final moments of the Lady Southern Cross and its pilots Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Tommy Pethybridge as they went down over the Gulf of Martaban in 1935. ‘Charles!’ Tommy screamed, his voice …

Australian Aviation opens its archive to tell the story of the Embraer E-Jet, the world’s most popular regional jet family.

In this extract from her book, Michelle Huntington tells the harrowing tale of her close encounter with a mid-air lightning strike – and how her training brought her home safely. Lightning is loud when it hits your aircraft, but the real noise comes af…

Since its first long-haul international flight from Kuala Lumpur to the Gold Coast in 2007, AirAsia X – a subsidiary of the larger AirAsia Group – has become one of the staple carriers of the Asia-Pacific region. At this year’s Australian Aviation Summ…

Australian Aviation opens its archive to tell the story of the Airbus A380, the largest passenger aircraft in the world.