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• Airservices offers new options to reduce Brisbane aircraft noise

  09-11-2026 06:17 via Australian Aviation
  Following a review by air traffic management consultants Trax International, Airservices has opened the ideas for public comment. It follows the release of a Brisbane Noise Action Plan, which would reduce noise impacts from the airport for around 140,000 people, earlier this year.
  
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• New Kangaroo Route: Project Sunrise will fly as QF1 and QF2

  09-11-2026 05:20 via Australian Aviation
  QF1 and QF2, which are currently used for Sydney to London flights via Singapore, will be switched to the non-stop A350-1000ULR flights on their launch in October 2027. It comes as flight tests continue on the first Project Sunrise aircraft.
  
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• Council meeting fuels Orange–Newcastle flights speculation

  09-11-2026 05:01 via Australian Aviation
  Asked about a direct service linking the city in Central Western NSW to Newcastle, which would bypass the need for a connection through Sydney, Orange City Council’s director of corporate and commercial services, Jen Sharp, said they were “still in negotiations”.
  
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• NASA reveals new experimental X-70 Fractal aircraft

  09-11-2026 04:32 via Australian Aviation
  The aircraft was announced at the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies.
  
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• Katherine Bennell-Pegg flies with RAAF Roulettes

  09-11-2026 02:57 via Australian Aviation
  Bennell-Pegg, who is hoping to become the first formal Australian representative to fly to space, flew with Roulette Three, Flight Lieutenant Kendall “Nugget” Dransfield, on a flight day at RAAF Base East Sale late last month ahead of National STEM Day on Sunday, 8 November.
  
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