Brisbane West Wellcamp has linked up with the Airline Academy of Australia (AAA) and University of Southern Queensland (USQ) for a new aviation education precinct at Australia’s newest airport. The school, officially launched at Wellcamp on Friday, will offer pilot training as well as courses for aircraft maintenance, engineering and electronics. While the AAA will
Beechcraft King Air 350C Heavy Weight aircraft have received their first orders in Australia after the Queensland section of The Royal Australian Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) signed for two airframes. Hawker Pacific, which distributes Beechcraft aircraft in Australia and New Zealand, said the RFDS King Air 350C would be used for emergency retrieval services and
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Incoming Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) director of aviation safety (DAS) retired Air Vice Marshal Mark Skidmore will have a one-month handover period starting December 1 before formally taking up his new role. The current CASA acting DAS Terry Farquharson said in his November briefing note published on November 25 that Skidmore would officially become
The federal government is on track to deliver its response to the Aviation Safety Regulatory Review (ASRR) by the end of the year, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development Secretary Mike Mrdak says. The department was working through the government’s response, Mrdak told delegates at the Australian Airports Association national conference on the Gold Coast
Aviation Australia graduate Rachel Dudok was presented with this year’s Vocational Student of the Year at the Australian Training Awards which took place in Adelaide on November 21. She was shortlisted for the award early in November after winning Queensland’s Vocational Student of the Year. “The night went really well and I wasn’t expecting to win
