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The spectacular profits of Qantas and Virgin Blue for the 2006-07 year are certain to raise the ire of unions, who for the large part have conceded conditions and wages that have helped deliver the solid results. Already there are serious rumblings by engineers, flight attendants and pilots working for Qantas and National Jet Systems
New Allocations REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIALNUMBER/DATE/OWNEROROPERATOR/PREVIOUSREGISTRATIONS AFF DHC-8-202Dash85369/8/07NevilleEvans, POBox115NNorthCairnsQld4871 P2-ANY D-BTHF (VT-VAA) D-BTHF C-GFCA AZY RobinsonR22BetaII415820/7/07Heliflite, POBox YQBankstownAirportNSW 2200 N3060S BUR PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS 42-5527019 30/7/07 Burley Aircraft, 421/303 Castlereagh St Sydney NSW 2000 N1515H BZC AerospatialeAS332L1SuperPuma203618/7/07BristowHelicoptersAustralia, 130 Fauntleroy Ave Redcliffe WA 6104 9M-BEM CNE Cameron110SSLightbulb1104030/7/07Picture ThisBallooning, 8-10NewSt Richmond Vic 3121 CPK CirrusSR22-G2085131/7/07Glenbreck, 19ColinSt WestPerth WA6005 VH-EYZ N5004R
The closing of 85 Queensland councils through forced amalgamation might variously affect 10 aerodromes along the booming coast, but perhaps not so much in the more sparsely populated inland where it was feared. Redcliffe council aerodrome, just 9nm northwest of Brisbane’s 19R threshold is now landlocked and partly surrounded by houses, causing onerous flight restrictions.
Meeting With Mark Vaile On August 8 I met with the Minister for Transport and Regional Services and Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, in Canberra. Before the meeting I had a chance to catch up with our HAA representative in Canberra and we conferred over some of the issues in the discussion paper I had
To obtain that prized first flying job and to build up valuable flying hours, a lot of new pilots look at outback Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The question that is seldom asked by the pilots, but sometimes by operators is, ‘are you suited to go bush?’ Recently a pilot showed me a
10 Years Ago • The Czech air force said on October 1 that it will retire its remaining MiG-23 Floggers following the decision to purchase a further 12 Aero L-39ZA Albatros jet trainers. The MiG-23 retirement was prompted by a decline in remaining airframe hours. • The Swedish air force’s first Saab JAS 39 Gripen
