Tim Johnson

Baffled by the difference between a UAV, UAS, drone or RPAS? Here, Australian Aviation presents your cheat sheet to multicopter mumbo-jumbo. Accelerometer A device that measures acceleration. More practically, it works in tandem with the gyroscope to keep a drone stable. ATTI mode This mode maintains the altitude of the aircraft, but without using GPS.

In this special In-Focus edition, we investigate the most significant issues in emergency medical services aviation. Our cover feature, by new contributor Andrew Boniface, examines why mental health and teamwork are vital in modern-day helicopter EMS. Boniface knows his stuff better than most as an AW139 co-pilot and mindfulness facilitator. In his piece, he speaks

This month, Australian Aviation sat down with Vincent D’Rozario, the CHC Helicopters regional director for the Asia-Pacific region, to learn more about how he runs the business, his approach to safety, and adapting to ‘the new normal’ in the post-COVID environment Q: So, tell us a bit more about CHC Helicopters, and its Australian operations.

The Rotary Wing Society of India (RWSI) recently called the new Australia-based Rotorcraft Asia-Pacific Business Association to discuss the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and other topics of mutual commercial interest within APAC. As a result, an online meeting with RWSI key players was held during August 2020. Air Vice Marshall (Ret’d) K Sridharan,

While COVID-19 may have stopped some companies in their tracks, that’s not the case for Babcock Australasia. If anything, it has shown how Babcock’s focused determination to get the job done continues to provide steadfast support to air ambulance and other critical services Working in partnership with customers, Babcock Australasia’s Aviation & Critical Services team

Wu Zhendong, chairman of the Asian Business Aviation Association, recently stated that when the GA industry in China began over half a century ago in 1951, its primary goal was to carry out agricultural missions. It was not until after the cultural revolution in 1971 that China’s GA industry underwent a planning and revival phase