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The CAA Is Making A Number Of Changes With Its Flying Unit Including Selling Off Its Bae.125 And Transferring Its Two Fokker F28S From Essendon To Tullamarine The CAA is making a number of changes with its flying unit including selling off its BAe.125 and transferring its two Fokker F28s from Essendon to Tullamarine. The BAe.125 has been identified as surplus to requirements and has been hangared without flying at Essendon for over two years, during which time its value has reportedly depreciated by over $1m, as much work would need to be done to return it to an airworthy condition. The F28s meanwhile are being moved to Tullamarine because of noise sensitivities. It is now considered unlikely that the CAA will farm out its navaid calibration/checking functions to external private enterprise operators. (Gerard Frawley)
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Coastwatch Row Developing
Considering the previous history of the Australian Coastwatch contract, it is probably no surprise to learn that a major row has developed since the awarding of the new contract to National Jet Systems (NJS) last September. The four losing bidders — Skywest, Chopperline, the Direct Flight Consortium and Cobham Aviation (a combination of Australian Jet Charter and Flight Refuelling) — have joined forces to challenge the decision, citing alleged irregularities in the tender evaluation process. Among them: published tender evaluation procedures were not complied with; critical decisions were selectively withheld from tenderers; bidders were excluded on the grounds of public service evaluation of management background; and an extra aircraft was added by NJS and there was a late substitution of the Texas Instruments APS 134 radar in place of the original GEC-Marconi Seaspray 2000. NJS plan to operate a fleet of three DHC Dash 8-200s, three Reims Caravan IIs and six Britten-Norman Islanders on the $270m, nine year contract.
Falcon 2000 Certificated
The Dassault Falcon 2000 bizjet has been awarded certification by the European Joint Airworthiness Authority (JAA) and as a result has become the first corporate jet to do so. The Falcon 2000 entered service this February and production is booked out for the next two years. The first Falcon 2000 flew in March 1993 and 1055 test and demonstration hours were logged by five aircraft before certification.
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