Category: General Aviation

Team ZIC, who placed fifth in 2018 and second in 2022, recorded multiple near-perfect legs, finishing in the top two on six of the nine segments. Racers Scott Palmer and Adam Dean defeated 36 other teams in the precision time-trial, where scoring depended on timing and positional accuracy.

According to official figures cited by the researchers, light aircraft account for over 90 per cent of aviation-related fatalities. More than half the studies reviewed found human factors, including pilot error, poor decision-making, and reduced situational awareness.

Part of Bankstown’s $60 million Aviation Hangar Project Major Development Plan (MDP), the project will see the construction of two new hangars and associated facilities, which will support up to 10 GA operations in the southwest Sydney region.

VH-NWJ, a Cessna 208B operated by East Air, was returning to Lizard Island on 8 January 2024 with nine passengers on board after the pilot noticed a significant uncommanded increase in engine power, but overshot the runway, flipped over and came to rest 127 metres away.