The Australia Desk

Episode 294: Droning on 787s


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Grant’s back on deck (mostly) after an intense couple of weeks dealing with health issues and a CASA audit. He joins Steve to review the following news items:

  • We’ve got more 787s coming to Melbourne:
  • Royal Brunei have started flying their 787s from London to Melbourne
  • Air NZ’s new 787-9 looks fantastic!
  • United converting the LAX to Melbourne route from 747s to 777s but their 787-9s will be here by the end of October
  • Lots of UAV action down under:
  • Northrop Grumman to sponsor the 2014 UAV Outback Challenge
  • A near miss between a helicopter & a UAV prompts crack down on “Mavericks”
  • UAV hits runner in a triathlon & operator says it was “hacked”

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