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Friday, 15 November 2019

The Mirror

• Qantas' London to Sydney flight sets record for world's longest non-stop journeyPassengers saw two sunrises - one in Europe and one in Asia - as the Qantas Dreamliner flew non-stop from London Heathrow to Sydney with just 50 people on board the test flight

Birmingham Mail

• Qantas jet arrives in Sydney after non-stop 19-hour flight from LondonThe Australian airline's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is believed to have set a long-distance record for a passenger jet after leaving Heathrow at 6am on Thursday

London Evening Standard

• Qantas flight lands after non-stop journey from London to SydneyA non-stop flight from London to Sydney has landed, 19 hours and 19 minutes after take-off.

Other Regional Press

• Leeds Bradford Airport has this amazing work experience opportunity for teenagersSee what goes on in air traffic control, next to the runway and in other parts of the airport

Aviation Industry

• Eurocontrol tests wake turbulence separation planA smarter way to address wake turbulence separation can increase runway capacity, tests conducted by Eurocontrol—the Brussels-based organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe—and Lufthansa Aviation Training have shown. read more
• CAE creates white-tail MAX simulators for training demandPilot training specialist CAE sees enough pent-up demand for Boeing 737 MAX training that the Canadian company has created an unspecified number of unsold “white tailâ€� simulators, executives revealed Nov. 13. read more