The historic aircraft, which was built at Douglas’ Santa Monica plant in May 1935, will be restored and put on display at the museum at Shellharbour Airport in NSW, though is not expected to fly again at this stage.
The Mining and Energy Union says rail workers were left “shaken” and narrowly escaped harm when the train they were repairing was struck by another in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
This month, Alliance welcomes new E190s, new planes for Jetstar and Virgin, Rex’s first leased 737 leaves the register, and a new “Frankenstein” plane prepares for takeoff.
The Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF), Airbus, and zero-emissions aircraft firm AMSL Aero have all backed the sustainability funding, which aims to promote domestic production of SAF and other green fuels like renewable hydrogen.