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Beavering on

by Staff reporter October 19, 2017

Now 70 years after first flight the Beaver continues to operate and thrive in numbers around the globe Leading up to the first flight in 1947, the Beaver design was greatly influenced by the bush pilots who asked that a new bush plane would have so many of the things their existing aircraft types did

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Cathay Pacific remains unswayed at the need for an LCC Give Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways full marks for stubbornness. One of the heavyweights of the Asian airline industry, it has definitely hit a wall, recently reporting a half-year net loss of A$333, its worst six month result in more than two decades. It could

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Airport Safety Week 2017 The Australian Airports Association (AAA) in partnership with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), Airservices and the New Zealand Airports Association (NZ Airports) will be delivering the annual Airport Safety Week for 2017. Established in 2014, this is the fourth time the event has been held and has grown to include

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Australia and the world’s first jet airliner A de Havilland Comet purchase was considered by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) which operated trans- Pacific services from Australia to North America between April 25 1948 until its routes and the airline itself were absorbed by Qantas on April 1 1954. John Watkins, Trans-Australia Airlines’ technical superintendent

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Rotor Torque

by Staff reporter October 8, 2017

Navy Squirrel goes to AWM The Royal Australian Navy has gifted an AS350 BA Squirrel to the Australian War Memorial (AWM), which will go into storage until a new exhibit space is built to display its large-scale artefacts. The ex-723 Squadron Squirrel, N22-017 (864) was delivered by road to its new home at the Memorial’s

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Qantas’s domestic operations power along despite overall profit decline Qantas’s dominance in the Australian domestic market has helped offset some weakness in its international flying amid intense competition that led to a double-digit decline in net profit for 2016/17. Looking ahead, the airline group is preparing to benefit from the arrival of new Boeing 787-9s

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