The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Bell Helicopter an experimental certificate renewal on July 7 2017, allowing the helicopter manufacturer to resume its flight test program of the 525 Relentless super-medium helicopter. The return to flight came exactly one year and one day after Bell’s first Relentless prototype, N525TA, was destroyed when it came down
NEW ALLOCATIONS REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS ACV/4 BAe Jetstream 3201 974 11/5/17 IAP Group Australia, PO Box 483 Narrabeen NSW 2101 A3-SKY ZK-VAI VH-OTP RP-C863 VH-OTP G-BURU F-GMVH G-BURU (F-OHFT) G-31-974 AND/5 Learjet 60 60-281 17/5/17 Seletar Jet Charter, 20 Cowdroy Ave Cammeray NSW 2062 D-CFAG TC-RKS ES-LVC OH-GVE D-CGTF OE-GTF N5013U BQR/9 Robinson R22 Beta
Boeing has signed a sustainment services contract to support the Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet of eight C-17A Globemaster III heavy transport aircraft. The $70 million contract between Boeing Defence Australia and Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) supplements Australia’s membership of the Boeing Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program by providing additional support services
Toll Helicopters has donated a surplus Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T turboshaft engine to Aviation High School in Brisbane as a hands-on training aid for students. The engine, previously installed in one of Toll Helicopter’s Bell 212s which was used for peace keeping missions in the Timor region and firefighting operations in Australia, was formally
Foreign commercial helicopter pilots needing to operate in Malaysia must now undergo special training and hold set minimum flight hours before being allowed to fly in the country. Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) announced the new measures in early June as part of safety recommendations made by Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Malaysia following
Airbus Group Australia Pacific has placed 35 additional maintenance personnel in Townsville to support the Army’s operation of the MRH 90 trooplift helicopter. “Availability is the challenge for MRH 90 and we at our expense have placed 35 additional people into Townsville at the start of this year to improve the availability,” Airbus Group Australia Pacific managing
