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The Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) acting director of aviation safety says it is business as usual at the regulator while the industry waits for a successor to John McCormick to be named. Terry Farquarson says the process for appointment of a permanent director of aviation safety is well and truly underway, with a rigorous

“That guy is having fun… and I’m not.” That observation of seeing a low-flying F-111 while working on the family farm neatly sums up why Air Commodore John Oddie joined the RAAF. Oddie’s newly-released autobiography Flight Command – From the farm to the frontline, gives a rare and thoughtful insight into the life of ADF

Australia’s air safety regulator has given Hawker Pacific approval to manufacture spare parts for older aircraft. Hawker Pacific said the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) had given the aircraft sales and product support company a one-off production certificate. The accreditation allowed the manufacture and release of aircraft parts accompanied by a CASA Form 1 release certification.

New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority has appointed Karen Wheeler as group manager – operations of its Aviation Security Service (Avsec), with effect from October 20. Urwin will be based in Wellington and will oversee Avsec’s security services at New Zealand’s six security designated airports, plus will be responsible for managing the Explosive Detector Dog program, and re-establishing

If you are under 35 and fancy yourself as the next Alan Joyce, John Borghetti or Lim Kim Hai, then Aviation/Aerospace Australia (A/AA) wants to hear from you. Applications are open for A/AA’s inaugural Altitude event in Melbourne on November 19, with the seven winners to make a six-minute presentation around the theme “Making Australia

The Air New Zealand subsidiary that helped design the Skycouch has been sold to a UK-based airline interiors design, engineering and manufacturing company. The airline said on Monday its wholly-owned Altitude Aerospace Interiors was being offloaded to AIM Aviation. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading