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Last Virgin Blue aircraft enters paintshop Ben says: Virgin Blue was a cheeky, happy-go-lucky LCC (largely modelled off the grand-daddy of all LCCs Southwest). Virgin Australia is a full service airline. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

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Qantas goes back to the future with a retro painted 737 I have very clear memories of visiting the Melbourne Airport observation deck – remember those? – as a kid with my grandfather, looking on in amazement at the Qantas Boeing 747 parked at the gate. It was a 747SP – Granddad asked me what

10 years ago The first operational Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor was delivered to the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley AFB, Virginia on January 18. The squadron will be the first operational Raptor unit and initial operational capability is planned for December. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To

Two new types are shown in the New Allocations section this issue with Steve Carter’s Ryan SCW-145 the standout. Claude Ryan began building aircraft during the late 1920s when he designed and built the B1 Brougham, the most famous being the highly modified long-range version Spirit of St Louis flown by Charles Lindbergh across the

AvMed; a reunion at Casey Field; and licences of yesteryear New head of aviation medicine welcomed In November the Principal Medical Officer of CASA Aviation Medicine, Dr Pooshan Navathe, advised that he would resign his post effective January 1. Dr Navathe said that the appointment of Mark Skidmore as the new CEO of CASA represented