Category: Civil Aviation

AMSA awards 10-year contract to McMurdo Group
Civil Aviation

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has awarded McMurdo Group’s Techno-Sciences Inc a 10-year contract to build and operate a new satellite ground station and mission control centre for detecting emergency distress beacons. Construction of a six-antenna medium-altitude earth orbit search and rescue (MEOSAR) facility at Mingenew, about 380 kilometres north of Perth in Western

Pilatus PC-24 mockup to be on show at Avalon 2015
Business Aviation

Visitors to the 2015 Avalon Airshow will get the chance to walk through a full-size mockup of the Pilatus PC-24 business jet. Manufactured by Swiss-based Pilatus Aircraft, the first PC-24 was rolled out last month, and has so far garnered 84 firm orders, including three from the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s Western Operations (WA) section. The aircraft, which

Textron delivers 10,000th Independence-built single-engine aircraft
Civil Aviation

Textron Aviation has delivered its 10,000th piston single-engine aircraft from its Cessna production facility in Independence, Kansas. The aircraft, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, was delivered to Liberty University. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password Forgot

Farquharson to fill in as CASA director of aviation safety
Civil Aviation

Terry Farquharson is filling in as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) acting director of aviation safety until the successor to John McCormick is named. McCormick ended his five and a half year run as the director of aviation safety on Sunday, August 31 and has left the organisation. This content is available exclusively to

Legacy 500 receives type certification in Brazil
Business Aviation

Embraer’s newest executive jet has received type certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority and first delivery of the Legacy 500 is scheduled for September. The Legacy 500 was certified by Brazil’s regulator on August 12, with certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration expected in “upcoming weeks”, Embraer said in a statement. This content

Airbus A350 weeks away from certification
Civil Aviation

After 20 days, 14 cities and 151,300 kilometres, Airbus A350XWB test aircraft MSN005 has returned to Toulouse from its world tour and is just weeks away from certification. Airbus has completed a series of route-proving flights with its newest aircraft, the last series of trials to demonstrate the A350s readiness for airline operations. This content

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