Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia (AOPA) president Marc De Stoop has presented the federal government with a nine-point plan to support and revitalise the nation’s general aviation (GA) sector, including proposed changes to the nation’s aviation safety regulator and the privatisation of Airservices. The reforms are outlined in brief to government called Project
British pilot Tracey Curtis-Taylor has completed her solo flight from Farnborough to Sydney, inspired by pioneer woman pilot Amy Johnston’s 1930 solo flight from the UK to Australia. The epic 21,000km flight in a 1943 Boeing Stearman biplane saw Curtis-Taylor depart Farnborough near London on October 1 last year and visit 23 countries on her way
Research consultants AMR’s charity reputation index has named the Royal Flying Doctor Service as Australia’s “most reputable charity” for a fifth straight year. The AMR report found the RFDS received top marks on six of the seven criteria the company’s charity reputation index was based on, namely service, innovation, workplace, citizenship, governance, leadership and cost management.
Prime contractor Cobham Aviation Services has selected Sentient’s Kestrel Maritime ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) system for fitment to the four Challenger 604 search-and-rescue aircraft it will operate for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, giving the aircraft an “unprecedented” ability to visually detect and track objects and people in the water. All four Challengers will mount three
Adelaide-based Central Operations of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has taken delivery of the first of five new Pilatus PC-12 aeromedical aircraft. The $7 million aircraft has been described as a “flying intensive care unit” with its new-technology emergency medical equipment. Central Operations has begun the replacement of five ageing PC-12s, with the first
To the backdrop of a Dash 8-Q400 and a Diamond DA-42 trainer, QantasLink and the University of New South Wales announced a collaboration that will offer the next generation of pilots an exciting new direction. It is not the first time that the two organisations have worked together, but this partnership takes their relationship to
