In total, a record 160 contenders are set to compete across 17 group and 11 individual award categories – the highest number of categories since the awards program’s inception.
Virgin Australia captain Deborah Lawrie earned her position in the cockpit by taking legal action in 1979 against Ansett, which had refused to employ female pilots.
Author Cecilia Thornton speaks to the Australian Aviation Podcast about the disaster that claimed her grandfather’s life and spelled the end of the British airship age.