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Forward with Spirit

With the new year almost entirely ahead of us, another summer almost entirely behind us and a 2020 that most people would rather forget, it is a good time to reflect and then look forward to figure out what lies ahead.

The year gone by has seen significant changes in many organisations that define how aviation in Australia looks and feels. We’ve had a change at the head of CASA with

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