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maintenance engineer and workshop manager, who was Cedric Wood. Wood was an exceptional aircraft engineer, having an unblemished maintenance record, despite having nine separate aircraft maintenance licences to his name (Wooden "A' licence, Propeller overhaul licence, Horizonal and radial engine overhaul and supercharger licences, Airframe overhaul licence and Instrument fitting licence, Magnaflux certification licence, Helicopter overhaul licence). Cedric Wood had many aircraft varieties to service. Cedric's talent enabled the company to operate maintenance procedures on a 'shoe string' budget. Initially, using single-engine
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plane crashed just after taking off from Tamworth. Four passengers escaped injury. The pilot, Captain John Lachlan Rentell, 35, had his right foot partly severed at the ankle, sustained internal injuries and deep wounds to the face and arms. He avoided a tree by turning the machine into a steep bank,
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Under the new ownership East–West was retained as an independent entity. Skywest Holdings announced in May 1985 it planned to merge both Skywest Airlines and East–West, but this was not carried out except for some harmonisation of timetables. In 1985 East-West challenged the Two Airline Policy in the
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jets. In June 1983 East-West sold return tickets between Sydney and Melbourne via Albury, which took about two hours 45 minutes, for $ 120, which was about half of the standard fare of $ 248 for direct flights by the duopoly carriers taking one hour 15 minutes. However, Ansett and Trans Australia
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Managing Director Bryan Grey along with marketing consultant John Williams created a massive nationwide media campaign and thus attracted many first-time flyers with what could be described as Australia's first truly discounted fares in a now deregulated arena. East-West set the scene for other
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East-West Airlines was founded in 1947 with funds raised from about 800 mainly small investors with the aim to "fight the city based airline monopolies" and traded forthwith as an unlisted public company. At this early time, the workforce consisted of the manager who was Basil Brown, and the
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in 1947. It operated to major regional city-centres and connected these centres to various state capitals, and by the 1980s it was Australia's third largest domestic airline. It also carried out its own heavy maintenance in Tamworth and operated a network of Travel Centres.
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starting in 1953 and these 28-seat aircraft steadily replaced the smaller Avro Ansons in operating scheduled services throughout New South Wales. The last example was disposed in 1973 having latterly been operated on research flights into
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in turbulent and rainy conditions. Just before reaching the runway threshold, at an altitude of approximately 67 metres (220 feet), the pilots realised the aircraft had drifted too far to the left of the
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headed north-west towards his best clearance and then turning south put the plane down. Aerodrome mechanics observed that the engines sounded sluggish and did not appear to be picking-up properly.
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Because of its operating structure, East–West was able to significantly undercut other airlines. Their aggressive "Third Airline" campaign forced the
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Airlines also offered discounted fares down to around $ 140. According to Brian Grey the service attracted about 4,000 customers per month. In 1985 a
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in 1980, which incurred heavy losses. This caused also a falling out among board members. East-West, already in 1981 in an era still governed by the
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Gradidge, Jennifer M., The Douglas DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 - The First Seventy Years Volume 1, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, Tonbridge Kent, 2006,
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aircraft. By that time East-West was also about to acquire its first jet aircraft. It was however still reeling from a venture into the
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they purchased east–west in a share buy-out. The take over was deemed controversial, as discussions queried how far the involvement of
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executive Duke Minks, formed East-West Development Pty Ltd with the specific purpose to acquire East-West Airlines. With a loan of
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It grew in the following years from an intrastate operator to Australia's third largest domestic carrier which owned by 1982 ten
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to eventually scrap the Two Airline Policy, which had kept Australian air fares seemingly inflated for many years.
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with smoke. The aircraft suffered extensive damage on impact, although the pilot and two passengers were unharmed.
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The Canberra Times, Thursday 13 October 1949. "Crash of Avro Anson at Tamworth" — Trove Digitised Newspapers —
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made an unsuccessful take over offer for the company. In 1969, East-West was granted permission to extend its
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airlines to enter the Australian domestic market years later. In December 1983 East-West was sold, for
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on inter-capital routes. The Australian aviation industry was highly regulated at the time under the
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aircraft, East-West established Australia's first regular mail delivery service between
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engine off the wing. The passengers and crew evacuated the aircraft, and all survived.
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in 1990 as first entrant into a then-deregulated domestic aviation market.
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In the following years east–west competed vigorously with major airlines
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multi-role aircraft which allowed it to carry more mail and passengers.
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In July 1987 East-West and Skywest were sold to Perth car dealer
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Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing
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John O'Hara: "Govt problem with an island's aviation aims"
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John Masanauskas: "East-West drops air deregulation bid"
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to make a safe landing, so they decided to initiate a
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Peter Hartcher: "Govt likely to stop cheap flights"
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John O'Hara: "How Nauru is flying in our back door"
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at intermediate locations. East-West primarily flew
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East-West Airlines (disambiguation)

IATA
ICAO
Callsign
Tamworth
New South Wales
Australia
regional airline
Tamworth, New South Wales

Douglas DC-3
Sydney Airport

Fokker F27 Friendship
Sydney Airport

Fokker F28 Fellowship
Perth Airport
de Havilland Tiger Moth
Tamworth
Port Maquarie
Newcastle
Avro Anson
Douglas DC-3s
cloud seeding
CSIRO
Kwikasair
Sydney
Albury

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