An Airbus helicopter engineer has been among those honoured at the Aviation/Aerospace Australia awards. Brisbane-based Kathleen Boseley, who is deputy chief engineer (sustainment) for the MRH90 with Airbus Group Australia Pacific, took out the “Outstanding Performance in Engineering and Technology” category at the Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia awards. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.
The head of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) Office of Aviation Medicine (AvMed) says he will step down in 2015. Pooshan Navathe, who has been CASA’s principal medical officer since March 2008, says the appointment of Mark Skidmore as the new director of aviation safety represented an opportunity for change. This content is available
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Aviation Australia graduate Rachel Dudok has been shortlisted as a finalist for this year’s Australian Training Awards’ Vocational Student of the Year. A former Australian Air Force Cadet, Dudok was awarded this year’s Queensland Vocational Student of the Year in September. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading
Airbus seems to think it has the replacement for the Boeing 757-200’s international missions with the snappily-monikered A321neoLR. The -LR version is a high gross weight version of the stretched A320 Family narrowbody, US-based Leeham News reports, quoting Airbus EVP of sales and marketing Kiran Rao. Three extra fuel tanks bring the A321neoLR’s range up to 3,900nm (7,223km),
Mark Skidmore says he will make listening a priority as he prepares to start a five-year term as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) new director of aviation safety (DAS). The retired RAAF Air Vice-Marshal was named as the new head of CASA on Thursday and expects to take his seat in the chair some