The Boeing 787 is set to fly eight weeks from now. Hamilton Sundstrand president David Hess tells Brendan Gallagher what a key system supplier is doing to make sure the Dreamliner comes true on schedule.

The first Tupolev Tu-204 for Cuba's Cubana is among several of the twinjet airliners being prepared for delivery in Ulyanovsk by Russian manufacturer Aviastar.

An Australian Defence Forces board of inquiry into the November 2006 crash of an army helicopter on an assault ship's helideck in the Pacific has been told the crew's briefing did not take into account the changed wind conditions, and the aircraft was approaching the deck with a significant tailwind.