Traffic #398 | New planes and aerobridge prangs

The arrival of the first A321XLR marks a quiet, if soggy, revolution for the carrier Qantas in July took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, the aircraft set to replace the 737 as the backbone of its domestic fleet. Named ‘Great Ocean Road’ and regis…

In this exclusive extract from his new book, Colin Burgess speaks to Clive Caldwell, the man dubbed ‘killer’ for vanquishing 28 enemy aircraft. Clive Caldwell is, without doubt, Australia’s most successful fighter pilot of WWII. Born in Sydney in 1911,…

NASA has begun the testing that will pave the way for the first flight of its quiet supersonic aircraft. NASA has been strangely tetchy on the progress of its supersonic aircraft since its unveiling last year at Lockheed Martin’s super-secretive Skunk …