Register Review Quite a large number of additions to the register this issue compared with recent months, including a few very interesting aircraft. Starting at the lighter end of the scale, three moreKavanagh balloons appear, EEG, LPR and LPS. This locally produced balloon is very popular in Australia and overseas interest is high especially in
I am sitting here in my Sydney office surrounded by my receivers, with one in particular occupying pride of place amongst the herd. It’s the Signal Communications Corporation R-535 VHF/UHF aviation band receiver, sent to me recently by Mike Faulkner from Hawker Pacific Skyshop for evaluation. Well I have evaluated, and have reached the following
Air New Zealand’s New CEO A former engineering apprentice with the airline, 52 year old Jim McCrea is today Air New Zealand’s chief executive officer. Mr McCrea, who joined TEAL in 1956, has been acting CEO since the sudden resignation of Jim Scott in April. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
Anyone who has slogged through an ATPL Flight Planning exam or rotated a prayer wheel in the local flight briefing office knows what a time consuming and potentially error ridden exercise it can be. Modern airline operations simply cannot afford the time and risks involved and, with ever rocketing fuel costs, the need to order
This is the eighth annual review of helicopter operations in Australia and is presented in two sections, the first consisting of the numerous helicopter operators under headings generalising their main field of operation, and where possible postal addresses and telephone numbers have been included. The second section has a brief description of each of the
Malaysia Approves Australian Helicopter School Australian helicopter operator Chopperline has been granted approved training school status by the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation. a Chopperline Flight Training, the company’s flight school division will offer approved courses of 150 flight hours complying with Malaysian regulations which are based on the UK CAP 54 requirements. Students will