America’s flying tanks become Australian Apache legends

The ‘super pressure’ aircraft is roughly the size of a football stadium and is due to spend more than three months flying around the southern hemisphere’s mid-latitudes.

All the changes from CASA’s aircraft register, as analysed by Hannah Dowling. This quarter, Qantas’ first A321XLRs appear on the register.

Boeing’s evolution of the F/A-18 Hornet into the Super Hornet breathed new life into the aircraft. Now, the F-35 looks set for its own reimagining.