Category: Helicopters

The Australian Certified UAV Operators Association (ACUO) is calling for the current Federal Government Aviation Safety Regulation Review to back a harder line to combat the growing problem of illegal unmanned aircraft operations. The call comes as the ACUO released its submission to the review in light of a recent reported near-miss incident involving a

Three former RAN Sea King helicopter airframes have left storage at HMAS Albatross near Nowra for the last time. The machines, covered in spraylat environmental wrapping were carried through Nowra on the back of flat-bed trucks on their way to port Kembla for loading onto a ship for transport to the UK. There they will

HNZ Australia has expanded its operations in the north-west of Western Australia by adding two new AS350B3 Squirrels to their fleet in the region. The company says it has placed the Squirrels at Karratha to supplement its marine pilot transfer operation and to capitalise on single-engine work it was missing out on through only having

Airbus helicopters and China’s Avicopter (part of AVIC) have signed a joint production agreement for 1,000 EC175 and AC532 helicopters. The 20-year agreement formalises the production arrangement for the EC175/AC532 which was jointly developed by the two countries from a common platform. Under the agreement AVIC will produce the AC532 for the Chinese market, while