Marc Joel Atrero
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December 22, 2013 0 commentNSW Health tenders aeromedical services The long-awaited tender by NSW Health for aeromedical services is poised to be released, the first step in an anticipated shake-up of how rotary-wing services are structured and delivered. The Helicopter Retrieval Network, which is aimed at increasing standardisation, will feature Northern NSW and Southern NSW ‘super regions’. In information
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December 21, 2013 0 commentQantas Group news In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, a 717‑200 to QantasLink, two A320s to Jetstar, an A320 to Jetstar Asia and an A320 to Jetstar Japan while departing was a 737‑400 of Qantas and two A320s of Jetstar. 737-838 VH-XZJ Mendoowoorrji was delivered to Qantas in Melbourne
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December 20, 2013 0 commentFlight instructing with UNSW The line of training aircraft sits at the ready on the Bankstown Airport tarmac. Beneath their clear expansive canopies, students and instructors can be seen running through checklists, pointing and nodding in affirmation. It is a scene repeated year after year all around the world as the lessons of flight are
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December 19, 2013 0 commentADF UAVs in Afghanistan Australian media coverage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), perhaps more provocatively described as ‘drones’, tends to focus on armed US Predators and Reapers ‘neutralising’ Taliban insurgent leadership figures. But that focus ignores and marginalises the work of the Australian UAVs and their operators in providing intelligence and saving lives on the
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December 18, 2013 0 commentQantas unveils its latest flying canvas Qantas and Boeing have unveiled the most complex painting of a plane ever undertaken to celebrate one of Australia’s most famous Indigenous artists. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email
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December 18, 2013 0 commentThe RAAF’s Afghanistan air bridge We’re really invested in making Australian Aviation as good as it possibly can be. I know that can sound like empty corporate rhetoric, but I’d argue that our record over the last few years backs that up, from the magazine redesign at the start of 2013 to the launch of
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