CASA chief defends regulator’s actions
The head of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), John McCormick, has taken the opportunity in his latest news update to industry, to defend the regulator’s actions amid ongoing criticism. His comments from this month’s CASA Briefing follow in full. I am aware there has been some comment recently about CASA’s role as Australia’s aviation
Turbo Skylane takes flight
Cessna has flown the first production configured Turbo Skylane 182 JT-A. The aircraft has the distinction of being the first modern single-engine aircraft powered by a piston engine specifically designed to run on Jet-A fuel. “The Turbo Skylane JT-A performed just as expected,” said Cessna senior test pilot Dale Bleakney. “We flew for 2.3 hours,
Senate committee hands down poor verdict on performance of safety regulator and ATSB
A near-unprecedented attack on the nation’s aviation safety authorities has been handed down by the Regional and Rural Affairs and Transport References Senate Committee following its enquiry into ‘Aviation Accident Investigations’. The committee’s 153-page report, which was instigated by the release last August of the ATSB’s findings on the 2009 Pel-Air Westwind ditching off Norfolk
With the rising proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Australia set to order the Triton, The Williams Foundation is conducting a timely enquiry into the topic: Protecting Australia with Drones: Cheaper? Better? Smarter? Safer? The enquiry will canvass the broad scope of issues surrounding the deployment of UAVs in civil and military use in
Air New Zealand passengers travelling on trans-Tasman and Pacific Island services from Melbourne Airport can now use new check-in kiosks. Using machine-readable passports to call up passengers’ details, the kiosks issue a boarding pass and bag tags in around 90 seconds. Passengers travelling with check-in luggage then take it to the bag drop area where
Qantas completes 767 cabin refresh
Qantas has announced it has completed its $20 million cabin refurbishment for 15 of its 20 strong Boeing 767-300ER fleet. Features of the upgrade include a new inflight entertainment system based around streaming content to iPads available to every passenger, leather seats in business class and new carpet, lighting, curtains and cabin dividers. Over 200
