Ian Goold
Senior correspondent

Aviation International News senior correspondent Ian Goold has been involved in aerospace since 1964 and in aviation media for more than 40 years. He enjoyed a 20-year career at Flight International magazine, where he was latterly air-transport editor before turning freelance in 1993. A winner of the European Regions Airline Association Hank McGonagle award for excellence in aerospace journalism and a Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year global award, he has edited or contributed to aerospace and aviation magazines, special publications, and websites in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. Ian entered aerospace as an apprentice at the British Aircraft Corporation at Brooklands (Weybridge), where he worked on production and final assembly lines of the Vickers Super VC10, and BAC One-Eleven , and manufacture of Concorde major sub-assemblies. He subsequently graduated from the BAC Design Training School to work in the airframe structures drawing office (including design of international future projects, such as the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft) before joining Flight International in 1973. Apart from years of reading aircraft magazines and books, his first direct contact with aviation media had come during the early 1970s when he was involved at Brooklands with the Weybridge Man-powered Aircraft Group, which designed and built the tenth aircraft to fly under purely human power. As an aviation journalist, he has worked at more than  50 of the major biennial global and regional international aerospace industry shows at Le Bourget, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai (having missed attending only one "Farnborough" since 1960), plus innumerable NBAA, HAI, (U.S.) AOPA, and EBACE Conventions and ERA Assemblies. His favourite aircraft is the Hawker Hunter, of which – as a schoolboy – he heard hundreds make their first flights from Dunsfold, where also on September 24, 2013, he saw the penultimate landing of the VC10 (happily involving an example of which he had witnessed the maiden takeoff in 1970) a day before the last example made the design's final flight (unless, of course....).

Latest from Ian Goold

Maintenance and Modifications

“New Ameco” brings Chinese MRO offering to Middle East

After a corporate rebranding and merger, New Ameco feels well placed to serve Middle East customers in corporate and business aviation.
Engines

UltraFan Engine Gearbox Development Under Way

Rolls-Royce and Liebherr joint venture launches R&D program at Friedreichshafen
Aircraft

Airbus Outlines A330 To Neo And Beyond

New engines on the old airframe are just the start for improvements to the A330.
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Aircraft

Improved Performance L410 Continues World Tour

The new L410NG from the Czech Republic’s Aircraft Industries features the new GE H-85 turboprop engine
Aircraft

Latest Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Enters Flight Test

The XWB-97 will power the Airbus A350-1000
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Aircraft

Middle East Carriers Start to Look Locally Too

The likes of Emirates and Etihad are expanding globally but they are now paying more attention closer to home, too.
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Aircraft

Airbus Sorts Out A320neo Certification Effort

First deliveries still expected this year
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Engines

Rolls Proud of Trent 1000 Success on 787

UK manufacturer continues to work toward the new –TEN version of the Trent 1000, which it hopes will be first to power the Boeing 787-10.

Boeing Predicts 38,000 Airliner Deliveries over Next 20 Years

World fleet to double in next 20 years, growth representing 60% of deliveries.
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GKN Uses Material Tech To Help OEMs

The UK’s GKN Aerospace is a world-leader in composites and additive manufacturing, providing components for airliners, fighters and spacecraft.
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Lord Looks to Extend EMEA Presence

U.S. company Lord Corporation continues to expand its global presence as a key aerospace supplier.
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Engines

Rolls Touts Leadership in Bizav Engine Arena

Rolls-Royce is bolstering its support even further after the success of CorporateCare.
Maintenance and Modifications

Marshall Expands Services With HondaJet Partnership

Marshall Aviation Services in the UK will be part of HondaJet’s new European support network.
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Aircraft

Airbus Spools Up Customer Service Effort for A350

Intends to become “major player” in model’s maintenance market
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Aircraft

AAPA Says Investment is Needed in Infrastructure

AIN spoke to Andrew Herdman, director general of the Asia Pacific Airlines Association, ahead of the Singapore Airshow.
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Aircraft

Airbus Eyes Period of Consolidation, Production Adjustments

Company CEO sees deliveries approaching 650 next year following record 2014
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Aircraft

Flying Colours Delivers CRJ to Sharjah, Seeks More Special-Mission Work

Canadian completions specialist sees MEBA as the perfect event for talking to customers in the region, as it closes on GCAA maintenance approval
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Aircraft

ATR Weighs Options as Lion Air Boosts Backlog

Turboprop Maker Would Consider Building Aircraft Abroad, New Engine Option
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Aircraft

Airbus Plots Flight Path to A320neo Service Entry

Eight A320neo flight-test aircraft will be involved in the certification campaign, split between the PW1100G- and CFM Leap-1A-powered variants.
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Aircraft

Airbus Scours Data Following First Flight of A320neo

Program embarks on 3,000-hour certification regimen
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A350 Testing Approaches Conclusion With Route Proving

Airbus A350s have flown more than 2,250 hours during 540 flights.
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Aircraft

Flight Testing of A350 Targets September EASA Certification

Principal remaining elements include the maximum-energy rejected take-off (Merto) demonstration and long-range, route-proving flights.
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Engines

Airbus Fails to Dampen Expectations For A330neo Launch

It seems to be a question not of if but of when Airbus will confirm that it will develop a new, updated version of the A330, with a new engine.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Advances Toward UltraFan

UK engine maker Rolls-Royce is pushing ahead with advanced turbofan engine designs for future platforms, with greatly improved efficiency.
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Aircraft

Airbus Gives Update On A350-1000

Airbus attempts to head off 777X threat with “on plan” A350-1000.
Aircraft

Airbus, Airlines Happy With A380

As the aircraft becomes a common site and help airlines make revenue, Airbus says it is in no rush to stretch or re-engine the Airbus A380.
Engines

Rolls Confident of Trent XWB Performance and Popularity

Despite order cancellation by Emirates of A350XWBs, and moves away from A350-800, Rolls-Royce retains confidence in its Trent XWB engines and the program.
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Aircraft

Boeing Projects Buoyant Jetliner Market

Predictions for next 20 years remain robust.
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Aircraft

Airbus Starts Training A350 Crews

Airbus is starting to fully engage with customers for the A350XWB as it nears first delivery to Qatar Airways toward the end of this year.
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