Marc Joel Atrero

Qantas Group News in This Issue We Report the Delivery of Two A380-842s and an A330-203 to Qantas and the Departures of Three Qantas 747‑300s and Two Qantaslink 717-200s. Qantas Took Delivery of A380-842 Vh-oqb Hudson Fysh in Sydney on December 17 After the Aircraft Ferried in From Toulouse via Singapore as Flight Qf6008. Vh-oqb

The Queensland Air Museum (QAM) has long wanted a Mustang in its collection at Caloundra, Queensland. Given that the price of a complete Mustang is a little out of the price bracket that the QAM could afford one of its members, Gary Scott, elected to build one! A full size metal replica that is. Armed

The Fly Synthesis Texan Top Class Fly Synthesis is an Italian company making a variety of lightplanes. The Texan is their low-wing, two-seat LSA contender. Like all the other Fly Synthesis products, their Texan is built almost entirely of carbon fibre composite, with Nomex sandwiched, carbon fibre skinned wings, fin, tailplane and flying control surfaces,

40 years on, 747-8 to prove worth the wait? As Boeing struggles to get the latest version of the 747 – the dash 8 – to first flight there is more than a touch of deja vu to events exactly 40 years ago when the first 747 took to the air with Boeing struggling with

Embraer’s Phenom 100 and 300 With an order book of over 800 aircraft and only a four year development, Embraer’s baby business jets have become something of a phenomenon in the light business aircraft sector. From its Launch in May 2005 as the Very Light and Light Jet, the four seat Phenom (pronounced “fee-nom”) 100

Army’s Options for Growing Its Chinook Fleet When Former Defence Minister, Dr Brendan Nelson Quietly Announced in September 2006 That the Liberal-led Coalition Would Approve the Purchase of Three Ch-47f Chinooks for Army if It Was Returned to Power in the 2007 Federal Election, There Were High Hopes That the Medium Term Plans to Increase