Category: Civil Aviation

CASA’s principal medical officer to step down
Civil Aviation

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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Civil Aviation

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Aviation Australia graduate a finalist in national training awards
Civil Aviation

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 looking at a 757 replacement market with A321neoLR?
Civil Aviation

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),

Skidmore to make listening a priority
Civil Aviation

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

Ex RAAF Air Commander Mark Skidmore new CASA boss
Civil Aviation

Air Vice Marshal Mark Skidmore AM has been named as the new director of aviation safety for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. Skidmore, a former F-111 pilot who retired from the RAAF in 2012 after a term as Air Commander Australia – ACAUST – in charge of Air Force operations, has been appointed to lead

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