Meet the Aussie poised to create the first hydrogen-powered airline
Lucas BairdReporter
Aviation may as well be in John Thomas’ blood. The former Virgin Australia executive – and heir apparent to former chief John Borghetti until falling out with the board – got a pilot’s licence before his 18th birthday, and two years later started a regional airline in home town Wagga Wagga.
Forty years on, it is a time Thomas recalls fondly and in immense detail.
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Lucas Baird is a journalist based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney office. Connect with Lucas on Twitter. Email Lucas at lucas.baird@afr.com
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