Living in a caravan, pre-dawn pre-flights, and a fast filling logbook. As a young commercial pilot in the Kimberleys life was pretty good, even when things didn’t go quite to plan. Kununurra was full of young pilots and the motto was, “Need a pilot? Shake a tree. ” Fortunately I was able to gain employment

The battle for NSW’s rescue choppers Sydney’s NRMA CareFlight and the southern region Westpac Life Saver rescue helicopter services began their own fight for survival after NSW Health’s December 8 announcement that CHC Helicopters (Australia) had been chosen as the preferred provider of helicopter rescue services for Sydney, Wollongong, and Orange. The NSW government’s controversial

National Air Support’s new Coastwatch contract The world’s biggest coastwatch task just got bigger. Not in geographical size – it still covers the huge 15 million square kilometre exclusive economic zone extending 200nm (370km) from the Australian coast – but in the capabilities of the new National Air Support operation for the Australian Customs Service.

Growth for Boeing’s training provider Boeing’s Alteon training division officially opened its new Singapore Training Centre on January 18. The new facility, located just west of Changi Airport, has been operating since October last year and features seven full motion simulator bays, computer based training services, dozens of classrooms, and office space for visiting airline