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Commercial Ana Doesn’t Expect First 787 Until August 2009 787 Launch Customer All Nippon Airways Says That It Now Doesn’t Expect to Take Delivery of Its First 787 Dreamliner Until August 2009, Albeit Without Accounting for the Effects of a Strike by 27,000 Boeing Workers Which Has Shut Down Production at the Seattle Manufacturer. By

As one of the lucky 70 or so passengers (mostly Qantas staff, media and Qantas guests like designer Marc Newson and chef Neil Perry – but not, perhaps surprisingly, Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon or his successor Alan Joyce), your editor had plenty of time to ponder the significance of the Airbus A380 during the delivery

The Tasman Sea has always been a battle ground for airlines. In April 1940, when the inaugural weekly Auckland- Sydney flight in a Short S. 30 flying boat took off with 10 passengers and 41,000 pieces of mail for the 10 hour flight, the problem was battling the weather. This content is available exclusively to

New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OWNER OR OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AIH Robinson R44 Raven 0849 10/7/08 Malcolm Edie, 1 Orana St Airlie Beach 4802 VH‑CLP APU Kavanagh B‑350 B350‑385 1/8/08 Global Ballooning, 1/173‑175 Swan St Richmond Vic 3121 AYS Kavanagh E‑240 KB384 7/7/08 Balloon Sunrise, PO Box 229 Yarra Glen Vic 3775 BGM Gippsland GA‑8 Airvan GA8‑07‑126 8/7/08

E-jets, Q400s & Rex as Thought, Qantas Has Tossed 72-seat Q400s in Against Virgin Blue E-jets at Port Macquarie and Albury. Rex Has Chosen Not to Return to Port Macquarie and, Rather Bravely, Says the ‘war’ Won’t Hurt It as It Retains a Business Timed Edge. This is Also (Just) True With Qantaslink for Albury

Obtaining and continuing to hold a pilot’s licence involves ongoing study, but to absorb the information needed requires a certain technique. It all comes down to preparation and attitude. As most instructors will be aware, a lot of people enter a flying school high on expectation of what they are going to do with their