Some new shapes are appearing in Australian skies. . . from the 560 tonne Airbus A 380 to the Global Hawk unmanned spyplane.

Jeff Watson looks at the Super Jumbo bandits rival, the Boing 787; mini jets like the Brazilian Embraer E-170, the Boing Super Hornet, the Wedgetail AWACs aircraft, the Boing C 17 Globemaster and the Joint Strike Fighter- Lockheed martin F 35 LIghtning 2.