Marc Joel Atrero
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December 7, 2014 0 commentSociety, safety and security are not in the 1960s any more You could be forgiven for thinking that Virgin Australia’s latest advertisement was a tie-in with Mad Men, the decade’s most popular part-panegyric, part-philippic to the best and worst of 1960s culture. A model with the cheekbones of Ian Thorpe, another who’s a ringer for
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December 6, 2014 0 commentKeeping pace with aviation’s growth It gets one thinking; images of windowless airliners on the same page as supersonic corporate jets of the future. Flight times will be slashed as aircraft skip off the atmosphere and cross the planet in a few hours – what a world it will be. Where will it end? To
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December 5, 2014 0 commentKLM retires the last passenger MD-11 On October 26 2014 a very special and unique era of aviation came to a close. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight KL672, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 named Audrey Hepburn, made its last passenger flight from Montreal to Amsterdam. The flight not only marked the end of scheduled MD-11 passenger
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December 4, 2014 0 commentUnited completes world’s longest 787 route Direct 787 Melbourne flights begin No jet lag after a 15-hour flight? It is a statement most people, even those used to travelling at the pointy end of an aircraft, would find hard to believe. Dave Hilfman swears it is the truth though. This content is available exclusively to
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December 3, 2014 0 commentAviation Hall of Fame honours the past and inspires the future Wagga Wagga might seem like an unlikely place for the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame. The commercial hub of NSW’s Riverina region, Wagga Wagga, might not quite have the claims to Australian aviation that Sydney or Melbourne do, or indeed Hamilton in Victoria or
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December 2, 2014 0 commentVirgin schedules ATR services from Melbourne Glen CBR says: Virgin Australia is proud to announce the forthcoming introduction of the latest Cobb & Co horse-drawn coaches on all routes into and out of Canberra. This coincides with the Qantas announcement that, in the very near future, Canberra services will be operated through a joint venture
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