New lockdown rules allow only four reasons for the state’s citizens to leave their homes – meaning many ‘non-essential’ business trips will also be discouraged.
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Government extends funding to female pilot scholarship
by Adam Thorn June 1, 2020The prize, which began in 2011, is open to those who are already undertaking training for a pilot’s licence.
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Rotortech 2020 postponed from June to October
by Adam Thorn March 30, 2020The biennial Rotortech conference and exhibition is being postponed from its original June dates to take place between 14-16 October.
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Update: Five confirmed dead in Cessna 404 Titan crash
by Adam Thorn March 12, 2020Queensland police have confirmed five people died in Wednesday’s Cessna 404 Titan crash. During a search through the wreckage, emergency services found the bodies of a 39-year-old pilot and four male passengers aged 63, 62, 57 and 49, thought to be from Cairns.
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Weather likely a factor in Wittman Tailwind crash, says ATSB
by Dylan Nicholson March 11, 2020Bad weather and pre-flight planning are set to be the focus of the Australian Transport Bureau’s investigation into the crash of an amateur-built Wittman Tailwind on 12 January that killed two brothers on board.
CASA relaxes licence rules to help with COVID-19
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has unveiled a new series of exemptions to the industry as it battles the coronavirus crisis.