Handing Over?

BAE mulls AIR 5428

Located adjacent to Tamworth Regional Airport, the ADF Basic Flying Training School is a hive of activity. The buzz of CT-4B aircraft helps to generate enough movements to justify an air traffic control tower that is operated by Airservices.

BAE Systems executives are being kept busy assessing options as they strive to secure the long-term future of their flight-training business in New South Wales. Even if the incumbent contractor wins the AIR 5428 Phase 1 Pilot Training System competition, ADF basic flying training could nevertheless be moving elsewhere.