Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorRetaining hard earned skills
March 18, 2010 0 commentImproving technology has had a very positive impact on aviation, leading to a better safety record as well as increased operational efficiency. In one sense, why would you ever question technological advances? This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login.
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March 17, 2010 0 commentQantas Group News This Issue We Report the Delivery of Two A380s to Qantas, Four Dash 8-q400s to Qantaslink, and the Departures of a Qantas 747-400 and a Jetstar A320. Qantas Took Delivery of A380-842 Vh-oqe Lawrence Hargrave in Sydney on December 21 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Toulouse via Singapore and Melbourne as
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March 16, 2010 0 commentCol Pay Scholarship AAAA and the Pay family are very happy to announce that applications for the 2010 Col Pay Scholarship are now open. Co l was a great supporter of aviation and a participant whose lifelong commitment to agriculture, firebombing, training and warbirds will not be forgotten. This content is available exclusively to Australian
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March 15, 2010 0 commentHars Takes Delivery Of C-54 (Dc-4) December 21 was a significant day for the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) when it took delivery of Douglas C-54 (DC-4) VH-PAF at its Albion Park, NSW, base. The arrival of the big Douglas airliner was the end of a one and a half year interstate restoration by HARS
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March 14, 2010 0 comment10 Years Ago • The UK Department of Trade and Industry said on March 13 it will offer aid in the form of a £530 million repayable loan to BAE Systems to assist in the development of the Airbus A3XX. Airbus has estimated development costs of the A3XX at about US$12 billion. Wings for the
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March 13, 2010 0 commentRussia’s long-awaited answer to the F-22 Raptor, the Sukhoi T-50, made its first flight on January 29 from Sukhoi/KnAAPO’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur facility in Siberia’s far east. The T-50 is the prototype of the next generation PAK-FA (Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy, or Future Frontline Aircraft System) under development for Russia to replace the Su-27/Su-30 Flanker series
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