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		<title>What would a second Sydney airport cost?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/08/what-would-a-second-sydney-airport-cost/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/02/08/what-would-a-second-sydney-airport-cost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The widely accepted estimated figure for a second Sydney airport is $15 billion. But where the hell did this figure come from and accurate and reliable is it? asks <b>Alan Davies</b>.
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		<title>L-3: the $15b defence contractor that will be scanning us</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/l-3-communications-body-scanning-technology-airports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/l-3-communications-body-scanning-technology-airports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The company that will get $28 million for providing airport body scanners is a huge US defence contractor with a scandalous history.]]></description>
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		<title>The $28m pantomime of airport body scanners</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/body-scanners-in-australian-international-airports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/07/body-scanners-in-australian-international-airports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Airport body scanners have no demonstrated value, but the government is spending $28 million on them.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>Qantas mixes oil surcharges and carbon pricing as agents continue doing deals</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/02/02/qantas-mixes-oil-surcharges-and-carbon-pricing-in-one-annoucement-while-agents-smile-and-go-on-doing-deals/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/02/02/qantas-mixes-oil-surcharges-and-carbon-pricing-in-one-annoucement-while-agents-smile-and-go-on-doing-deals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is intriguing to see the media regurgitate announced Qantas surcharges for oil prices and carbon taxes when deals have made them irrelevant in terms of international flights, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/02/02/qantas-mixes-oil-surcharges-and-carbon-pricing-in-one-annoucement-while-agents-smile-and-go-on-doing-deals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Rating agency drops Qantas to one notch above junk status</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/31/qantas-one-notch-above-junk-after-downgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/31/qantas-one-notch-above-junk-after-downgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite having a huge percentage of the domestic market Qantas is bleeding away its reputation, market share and effectiveness in international air transport, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why a smoking plane provided good news for Qantas</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/30/why-a-smoking-767-diversion-to-mt-isa-is-good-news/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/30/why-a-smoking-767-diversion-to-mt-isa-is-good-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The diversion of a Qantas 767 to Mt Isa yesterday when smoke was smelled in the cockpit provides proof that the airline's emergency drill procedure works, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A reality check for the ‘everything is cheaper’ in China apologists</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/25/a-reality-check-for-the-everything-is-cheaper-in-china-apologists-for-bad-management-at-qantas/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/25/a-reality-check-for-the-everything-is-cheaper-in-china-apologists-for-bad-management-at-qantas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270820</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a parallel argument about the importance of China to the future of any Australian airline, and the last two Qantas CEOs have convincingly endorsed that.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/25/a-reality-check-for-the-everything-is-cheaper-in-china-apologists-for-bad-management-at-qantas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Ice legends, polar heroes and planes</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/22/of-ice-legends-polar-heroes-and-planes/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/22/of-ice-legends-polar-heroes-and-planes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have seen some superb insights into life in Antarctica in a series of reports by ABC journalist Karen Barlow, among them some glimpses of aviation in the icy region, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/22/of-ice-legends-polar-heroes-and-planes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virgin Australia goes happy hours for the cheap seats</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/18/virgin-australia-goes-happy-hours-for-the-cheap-seats/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/18/virgin-australia-goes-happy-hours-for-the-cheap-seats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Australia did more than launch a class war with its nation wide business class, but a drinks war, with free alcohol for the cheap seats, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Has Qantas been mislead on the 787, or is it just too dumb to know or care?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/has-qantas-been-mislead-on-the-787-or-is-it-just-too-dumb-to-know-or-care/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/has-qantas-been-mislead-on-the-787-or-is-it-just-too-dumb-to-know-or-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is one thing for the media to witlessly parrot Boeing press releases about the super light weight benefits of 787 Dreamliner, but are the airlines really that stupid? asks <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Little Sydney and Mega-Melbourne: comparing airport ambitions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/little-sydney-and-mega-melbourne-an-instructive-comparison-in-new-airport-ambitions/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/little-sydney-and-mega-melbourne-an-instructive-comparison-in-new-airport-ambitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It speaks much for the centre of growth and vision in this country to compare the political difficulties that arise over plans for a 2nd Sydney Airport, and the general enthusiasm for a 3rd Melbourne Airport, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/15/little-sydney-and-mega-melbourne-an-instructive-comparison-in-new-airport-ambitions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Air France avoids the dead obvious in new plan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/13/air-france-avoids-the-dead-obvious-in-new-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/13/air-france-avoids-the-dead-obvious-in-new-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Air France KLM has released a summary of a new three year transformation plan to the end of 2014 to achieve profitability, but it doesn't mention how its going to restore its dismal image, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/13/air-france-avoids-the-dead-obvious-in-new-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Media silly season shenanigans: a tax on fatty flyers?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/12/silly-season-finale-a-fat-tax-on-pax/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/12/silly-season-finale-a-fat-tax-on-pax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Qantas chief economist Tony Webber is a worthy contender for best silly season story spawner for 2011-2012, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/12/silly-season-finale-a-fat-tax-on-pax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Darwin, Jetstar and survival of the fittest</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/10/darwin-jetstar-and-survival-of-the-fittest/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/10/darwin-jetstar-and-survival-of-the-fittest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jetstar has fired its no doubt first of many return shots following earlier announcements by Virgin Australia of their expansionary plans for Darwin-Sydney and Darwin-Singapore services, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/10/darwin-jetstar-and-survival-of-the-fittest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Is this Boeing’s most important project?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/10/this-could-be-boeings-most-important-project/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/10/this-could-be-boeings-most-important-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A biofuels research agreement between Boeing and the CSIRO is arguably the most important research effort being made in transport, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cracks appear in public understanding of metal fatigue</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/06/cracks-appear-in-public-understanding-of-metal-fatigue/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/06/cracks-appear-in-public-understanding-of-metal-fatigue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Something of a case study in aviation media communications is taking shape, or rather, cracking up, in relation to ‘minor’ cracks found in the wings of some Airbus A380s, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/06/cracks-appear-in-public-understanding-of-metal-fatigue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Pilot losses at Qantas and the battle for the public ear</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/04/pilot-losses-at-qantas-and-the-battle-for-the-public-ear/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/04/pilot-losses-at-qantas-and-the-battle-for-the-public-ear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An <em>AFR</em> story on the probability of extensive pilot cutbacks in Qantas long haul sets the scene from a fresh struggle for public, political and investor ears, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why is the media silent about problems on the 787 line?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/02/something-is-seriously-wrong-on-the-787-line/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/01/02/something-is-seriously-wrong-on-the-787-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a deafening silence from the aviation industry and the general media on problems regarding the delivery of 787s. Just what is going on? asks <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jetstar Japan and Air Australia in financial trouble</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/29/jetstar-japan-and-air-australia-both-need-more-money/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/29/jetstar-japan-and-air-australia-both-need-more-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jetstar Japan couldn’t fail if it tried, could it? And Air Australia is right as roses, right? Well, no. Both need more money, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.
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		<title>Pilot skills and safety regulation the big aviation issues for 2012</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/27/pilot-skills-safety-regulation-big-issues-for-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/27/pilot-skills-safety-regulation-big-issues-for-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever else happens to the business of airlines in 2012, the big issues than can be seen in advance are pilot training and safety regulation, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/27/pilot-skills-safety-regulation-big-issues-for-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Air Australia customers need certainty now</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/23/air-australia-customers-need-certainty-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/23/air-australia-customers-need-certainty-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel agents are said to be asking potential buyers of Air Australia fares to sign product disclosure statements acknowledging that they know that the retailer’s insolvency insurance cover for the airline has been withdrawn or doesn’t apply, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/23/air-australia-customers-need-certainty-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Great Christmas Comet surprises red eye flyers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/22/great-christmas-comet-of-2011-surprises-red-eye-flyers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/22/great-christmas-comet-of-2011-surprises-red-eye-flyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pilots and passengers have reported the appearance of a great comet in the pre dawn skies from flights between Perth and the eastern cities. The ghostly crescent tail is that of Comet Lovejoy, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Visions of future flying machines: a 200 mile high club, a zero G bridal suite&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/18/a-200-mile-high-club-among-visions-of-future-flying-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/18/a-200-mile-high-club-among-visions-of-future-flying-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about a zero G bridal suite in earth orbit,  or an inter-city tilt rotor aircraft with room for thousands of commuters? These are among the latest visions of future flying machines by the Yelken Octuri design studio, writes <b>Ben Sandlands</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>The awesome eeriness of planes</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/07/the-awesomeness-of-planes-and-tragedy-of-such-modern-marvels/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/07/the-awesomeness-of-planes-and-tragedy-of-such-modern-marvels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is that so many awe-inspiring feats of engineering hare so hard to separate from deliberate mass death and misery? asks <b>Robin Cameron</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/12/07/the-awesomeness-of-planes-and-tragedy-of-such-modern-marvels/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>The axing of America&#8217;s Joint Strike Fighter: a timely warning</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/06/a-timely-warning-the-jsf-may-be-axed/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2011/12/06/a-timely-warning-the-jsf-may-be-axed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the US axes its Joint Strike Fighter (or JSF) program, there will be dire consequences for Australia's defences, writes <b>Ben Sandilands</b>.]]></description>
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