Marc Joel Atrero
AuthorClock ticking on RAAF BAMS participation
November 4, 2008 0 commentWith Lockheed Martin’s appeal against Northrop Grumman winning the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program dismissed, NG is stepping up its efforts to re-state its case for the RQ-4N Global Hawk for the RAAF. The US Navy’s RQ-4N is Northrop Grumman’s contender for or the ADF’s Project Air 7000 Phase 1 to replace
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November 3, 2008 0 commentGeneral Flying Services goes to Oxford Melbourne based General Flying Services (GFS) looks set to enter a new era with the flying school announcing on September 10 that it had been acquired by UK based Oxford Aviation Academy. The deal, which was backed by Oxford Aviation Academy’s (OAA) investor STAR Capital partners, will see GFS
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November 2, 2008 0 commentCommercial 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
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November 1, 2008 0 commentAs 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
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October 24, 2008 0 commentThe 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
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October 23, 2008 0 commentNew 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
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