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The proposed airport at Badgerys Creek to honour one of Australia's greatest aviators and be named Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport
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Ten years ago this week, Qantas became the third airline to take delivery of the Airbus A380. In recognition of this milestone, Australian Aviation takes a look back at the history of the world's largest passenger aircraft in Qantas colours and contemplates its future with the Flying Kangaroo.
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“Profound” is how Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny described the significance of A380 VH-OQA Nancy-Bird Walton’s return to the Qantas fleet. Qantas’s first Airbus A380 and hence the symbolic flagship of the airline’s fleet, VH-OQA returned safely to Singapore under Captain de Crespigny’s command after an uncontained explosive failure of its number two Rolls-Royce Trent