Marc Joel Atrero
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December 18, 2012 0 comment10 Years Ago • A formal ceremony was held at the Pentagon on December 9 to name the USN’s last Nimitzclass aircraft carrier after former president George HW Bush. 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, 2012 0 commentAustralian Helicopters Embraces Movember Australian Helicopters has painted its fleet with moustach-es in support of Movember. 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 Password Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this device. If you check
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December 18, 2012 0 commentFor Catalina enthusiasts Rathmines, NSW, was the place to be on November 3 when the HARS Catalina VH-PBZ landed on the waters of Lake Macquarie and taxied up the ramp at Catalina Memorial Park, the site of the WWII RAAF seaplane base. The machine looked spectacular as the hull skimmed the surface of the lake
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December 17, 2012 0 commentThe vice-chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin, recently stated that Australia’s time as the military ‘top gun’ in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific was in danger of coming to an end. According to the RAAF (and former RAN) fighter pilot, Australia’s high-technology defence capabilities are at risk of being superseded
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December 16, 2012 0 commentQantas Group News In this issue we report the delivery of a 737-800 to Qantas, an A320 to Jetstar and an A320 to Jetstar Asia, while departing were a 747-400 and a 737-400 of Qantas. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this
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December 15, 2012 0 commentBizjet deliveries to the region in the 12 months under review continued to rise and for the first time numbers have broken the 200 barrier. There is a growing trend towards the importation of second-hand aircraft with this period showing that only five per cent of deliveries were new production aircraft. In the period under
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