Author Archives: Richard de Crespigny

A350 – First (High) Flight

12 June, 2013 · by · in Airbus, News, Rolls-Royce · 4 Comments

Update – 12 April 2013 In the spirit of under-promising and over-delivering, my recent article of the 4th June forecast the A350 to be airborne within a month. So it is EXCELLENT NEWS TODAY that Airbus confirmed that the A350 XWB first flight is planned for this Friday, 14th June. Conditions permitting, the A350 XWB […]

QF32 Wins “Non-Fiction Book of the Year”

25 May, 2013 · by · in News, QF32 Story, Reviews · 3 Comments

Other QF32 Awards QF32 was voted the “Non- Fiction Book of the Year – 2013” at last night’s Australian Book Industry Association Awards  at the 4 Seasons Hotel in Circular Quay, Sydney. Similar to the Academy Awards for the film industry, the ABIA Awards recognises publishers, authors and book stores.  Over 300 guests attended the gala […]

Fear of Flying – Part 3 of 3 (The Cure – Annabelle Brayley)

23 May, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, News, Passengers, Personal, Psychological, Qantas, Qantas History · Leave a comment

Fear of Flying – Part 3 of 3 (The Cure – Annabelle Brayley) by Annabelle Brayley When I was growing up, I’d had occasions to fly in the old DC8 and Fokker Friendship as well as several smaller planes so it was a complete shock to me, to discover in 1987 that I hated flying in […]

Fear of Flying – Part 1 of 3 (Dread)

22 May, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, Passengers, Personal, Psychological · 2 Comments

Fear of Flying – Part 1 of 3 (Dread)  – Version 5 – July 2017 About 25% of the travelling public have a fear of flying.   One quarter of this group are so afraid of flying that they completely avoid air travel, and their condition qualifies as a phobia.  (National Institute of Mental Health) […]

Backstory – Annual General Meeting of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association (AWPA)

19 May, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, News, Richard de Crespigny · 3 Comments

Coral and I had the pleasure to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association (AWPA) in Hervey Bay last week end. In this fast and competitive world, it’s getting harder to find the time for aviators to meet, network, help and mentor the youger entrants in this field.   So it […]

QF32 Shortlisted – Australian Book Industry Awards 2013!

3 May, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, News, QF32 Story, Reviews · 4 Comments

We are honoured that QF32 has been placed in the Short List of six for the Australian Book Industry Awards “General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2013”! The shortlisted entries were chosen by expert panels and an academy of booksellers and publishers who voted online. The winners  will be announced at the Australian Book Industry Awards as part of this […]

PFTCT – Quiz # 6 – No Winners This Week!

15 April, 2013 · by · in Physics For The Coffee Table, Richard de Crespigny, Technical · 20 Comments

Question # 6 See also:   Physics for the Coffee Table (PFTCT) Situation A major city (population 5 million) is planning to build a new airport at a new location inside the city.  Two sites are proposed: one beside the ocean and one twenty kilometers  inland from the ocean. Consider the noise levels originating from aircraft […]

Giving Back – Canberra Grammar “Code Cadets”

30 March, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, Giving Back, Motivation, Personal, Psychological, QF32 Story · 1 Comment

See:  Code Cadets web page “Giving Back” I was honoured to be asked to present the QF32 story to the boys and parents at Canberra Grammar, Canberra, Australia in 2012. I fronted 700 soporific boys immediately after their lunch time break – which is the acid test for any teacher.   It’s hard to compress a […]

QF32 WINS THE INDIE AWARD 2013 FOR NON FICTION

26 March, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, News, QF32 Story, Reviews, Richard de Crespigny · 6 Comments

Other QF32 Awards <Editor:  Our congratulations to M.L. Stedman,  Toni Jordan, Rich and Margo Lanagan> Press Release: Sydney, Australia, Monday, 25 March 2013:  Tonight at Berkelouw Bookstore, Paddington, the independent booksellers of Australia announced The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman as their favourite Australian book from last year and the winner of The Indie Book of the […]

Back Story QF32 – Passenger Story – Johanna Friis

11 March, 2013 · by · in Back Stories, Passengers, QF32 Story · 1 Comment

Being on board the A380 that day was an amazing experience in so many ways. I have always been fascinated with aircraft and I was excited to see what the biggest jet on the planet was like. Once we had taken off for the first leg of the flight from London to Sydney, I realised […]

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