Commemorative services were held at the Black Hawk Memorial in the Townsville Palmetum as well as in Canberra, Sydney and at Campbell Barracks, Perth on June 12 to mark the 20th anniversary of Army’s worst peacetime aviation disaster. On the evening of June 12 1996, a flight of six S-70A-9 Black Hawks from Army’s 5 Aviation
NEW ALLOCATIONS REGISTRATION/TYPE/SERIAL NUMBER/DATE/OPERATOR/PREVIOUS REGISTRATIONS AVP/6 Gippsland GA8 Airvan GA8-05-089 1/4/16 Air Australia (Tours), PO Box 240 North Tamborine Qld 4272 N8088D EPU/3 Bell 407 53494 20/4/16 Eagle Copters Australasia, PO Box 4220 Coffs Harbour Jetty NSW 2450 C-FLCI N409AL N9182V FED/3 Air Tractor AT-802 802-0454 4/4/16 Dunn Aviation, 11B Eagle Dr Jandakot Airport WA
Around 350 delegates attended the Australian Helicopter Industry Association’s Rotortech 2016 conference and exposition at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast over May 27-29, despite the global downturn in the helicopter industry. More than 40 exhibitors displayed their wares at the three-day event which also attracted large numbers of general public who took the chance to
Airbus Helicopters will provide a fleet of H135s and H145s helicopters to the United Kingdom’s Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) after being selected by Ascent, the UK’s Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) appointed training partner, as the preferred provider for the £500 million, 17-year contract. Starting in April 2018, the new contract will provide 28,000 hours
The Navy’s Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trials Unit (AMAFTU) has commenced deck handling trials with the Army’s new CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters on board the LHD amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra. Two Foxtrot Chinooks, A15-304 and -307, from C Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment landed on board the Canberra for the first time while it was alongside at
Bell Helicopter has announced it will relocate the production of three key programs in order to optimise manufacturing capabilities across its facility network. Effective immediately, the 505 Jet Ranger X final assembly in Lafayette, Louisiana, will be relocated to the company’s Mirabel, Canada, assembly and delivery centre to make way for the 525 Relentless cabin
