Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorStill calling Australia home
November 6, 2010 0 commentCelebrating 90 years of the Qantas story As one of the oldest carriers in the world, Qantas has been influential in shaping the industry, while for most Australians it has also been influential in shaping a nation and its identity. Since its establishment in November 1920, initially in Winton, the airline has survived numerous challenges
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November 5, 2010 0 commentQantas CEO Alan Joyce For all of Qantas’s 90 year history, the airline industry has been a fickle one. The Qantas of today would be completely unrecognisable to Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness as the company they started in outback Queensland in November 1920, but one thing they have shared with Qantas’s current management under
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November 4, 2010 0 commentUS Navy MH-60R operations ramp up As a decision on the successful Project Air 9000 Phase 8 successor to the Navy’s S-70B-9 Seahawks and the cancelled SH-2G(A) Seasprites looms, both candidates, Team Romeo and Australian Aerospace are bolstering their arguments for their respective products, the MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’, and the NH 90 NATO Frigate Helicopter
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November 3, 2010 0 commentADF Airshow farewells the F-111 The ADF Airshow held at RAAF Base Williamtown near Newcastle on the weekend of September 18 and 19 was notable for several events, not least of which was the final display of the F-111 in RAAF service before it’s retirement in December. Although the ‘Pig’ is scheduled to perform at
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November 2, 2010 0 commentCommercial Boeing to delay 737RE decision? 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 this box before you log in, you won’t have to
Read moreFinding The Spirit
November 1, 2010 0 commentQantas has plenty to celebrate as it marks the 90th anniversary of its foundation in November 1920, as it has been a remarkable journey. Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness could in no way have conceived what the company they founded would one day become, but they saw the potential of aviation to break the tyranny
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