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Modern Airliners

Looking back to that day on an isolated dune at Kitty Hawk, one can only marvel at the humble beginnings of such an explosion in technology and an industry that would lead to the Modern Airliners of today.

Over the last hundred years, such leaps forward have been made in new aviation technology, fueled by the ever-increasing demand for mobility around the planet for leisure and for business.

Join us as we take a look at these marvels of our time and keep up with what is going on with these Modern Airliners.

Come and meet our Modern Airliners.

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What is the average plane speed of a modern airliner?

20/09/2016

Average Plane Speed. How often have you sat aboard a jet airliner and wondered about the average plane speed and how it is arrived at? Why is it that different speeds are used at different stages of the flight?

What causes turbulence, things that go bump in the flight?

15/09/2016

What causes turbulence? you wonder as you sit there with your seat belt hanked in as tight as a drum.

Sydney Welcomes American Airlines Boeing 777 300ER.

14/11/2015

Sydney tower approved a low-level pass over the airfield by the giant Boeing 777 300ER twin jet. Descending to 1,800 feet she came in from the south..

Qatar Airways, the A350 Launch Customer.

21/10/2015

Today marks 10 months since Qatar Airways, the A350 launch customer received their first Airbus A350 XWB.  Pressing it into service between Doha and Frankfurt on the 14 of January 2015, Qatar Airways became the first airline in the world to offer passengers the Airbus A350 service.  

Boeing 747 8, are we falling out of love?

06/09/2015

Our love affair with the Boeing 747 goes back 4 decades to those heady days of aviation when fuel was cheap and Juan Trippe and the boys at Pan Am asked Boeing to build them a much bigger airplane.

The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

03/09/2015

The mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

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