Category: Helicopters

Search and rescue (SAR) coverage for RAAF flying operations from five air force bases around the country will continue to be provided by CHC Helicopter under a 30-month contract extension announced last week. Under the extension, which came into effect last November, CHC’s Australian operation is replacing existing Sikorsky S-76A+ SAR helicopters with six Leonardo

The NSW Police Force Aviation Support Branch has commissioned three new aircraft into operational service. The three aircraft comprise PolAir 2, a twin-engine Bell 412EPI helicopter, as well as two Cessna Grand Caravan EX 208B fixed-wing turboprops, callsigns PolAir 6 and PolAir 8. NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said the state-of-the-art-aircraft would strengthen the Force’s

Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) says there has been good progress on its night-time aerial firebombing trial. In an Australian first, the state government body has been leading a study of night time firefighting, which kicked off in late 2017 with some reconnaissance flights and aerial mapping. The ability to fight fires from the air at

There is a new presence in the skies over Western Australia, with CHC’s recent introduction of the next-generation Leonardo AW189 helicopter. Based in Karratha, three of the Italian-built ‘super medium’ AW189s – the first in Australia – began flying in support of Woodside’s North-West Shelf operations in November. This content is available exclusively to Australian