The Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia (RFACA) has revealed it will hold its annual training conference in the Gold Coast on 20 and 21st of July.
An inaccurate fuel gauge led to a Cessna 441 Conquest being forced to land on the Great Northern Highway in WA's Kimberley region in March 2018, the ATSB has concluded.
A Cessna 208B Caravan pilot fell asleep mid-air for 40 minutes due to “inadequate sleep the night before” and hypoxia triggered by the aircraft’s oxygen system.
The 25-year-old male pilot was onboard with a 28-year-old female passenger and a one-year-old child, and all escaped without injury.
The triannual charity event was set to start on 30 August 2021, with 100 competitors geared up to fly a total of 3,800-kilometres across three different states.
The investigation will likely raise concerns around the culture at Soar Aviation, which collapsed into administration earlier this year while facing a class action by 200 students.