Ken Barnes

Contact Details:

Office Location: EN611a
Phone: +61 3 9214 8527
Fax: +61 3 9214 8264
Email: kbarnes@swin.edu.au

Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
Australia

Mr Ken Barnes
Lecturer Aviation

Ken commenced his aviation career in 1952 at Qantas.  As a ground engineer and later as a flight engineer, Ken has been involved with commercial jet aviation from the B707 and Comet IV to the latest fly-by-wire technology.  He retired as Deputy Director Flight Operations, for Cathay Pacific Airways in 1992.  Ken has been instrumental in the design and development of the postgraduate courses at Swinburne and also teaches into the undergraduate areas at Swinburne.  In recent years Ken has been working closely with industry and school leaver groups in the promotion of careers and opportunities in Aviation.