
A Lockheed Hercules firefighting air tanker has arrived at RAAF Base Richmond as part of the NSW Rural Fire Service’s (RFS) two-year trial of a large air tanker during the upcoming bushfire season. The stretched L-100-30 (model 382G) Hercules, registered N405LC to Lynden Air Cargo and on contract from Coulson Flying Tankers of Portland, Oregon, was put through
NEW ALLOCATIONS CCD/2 Bombardier BD 700 1A10 Global Express XRS 9297 26/6/15 Crown Melbourne, 3/8 Whiteman St Southbank Vic 3006 N703RJ VQ BSC C FQYB FRI/3 Yakovlev Yak 52 866614 22/6/15 GB Flight Services, 10 Hibberd St Hamilton South NSW 2303 N53YK DOSAAF 65 (Yellow) HTU/3 Bell 206L 3 LongRanger III 51483 30/6/15 Heliflite, PO

Hawker Pacific has boosted its support and sales lineup with the acquisition of Aeromil Pacific. The deal, announced on Friday, means Hawker Pacific will offer sales and support services for Textron’s Beechcraft, Cessna and Bell Helicopter range. Moreover, Hawker Pacific said the acquisition meant the company was well-placed to take advantage of the growth of

Alliance Aviation Services is closing its Brisbane heavy maintenance base and will send its all-Fokker fleet to Europe for their regular heavy checks as part of cost-saving measures. The heavy maintenance checks will be undertaken at Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Technik Bratislava, which started working on Alliance aircraft in April when the company ended heavy maintenance
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There are only a few weeks left for aspiring pilots and engineers to apply for the Regional Aviation Association of Australia’s (RAAA) 2015 scholarships. Applications for the four scholarships on offer in 2015 are due by July 31. The scholarships are the Ansett Aviation Training Pilot Scholarship, the Hawker Pacific/Australian Avionics Aircraft Maintenance (Avionics) Engineers