iscoverThe fatal crash of a Avtex Air Services Fairchild Metro III VH-OZA off the NSW coast in 2008 was likely to have been caused by pilot spatial disorientation, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has determined. The Metro had just taken off from Sydney en route to Brisbane on a freight charter run on April
Embraer has delivered its 200th Phenom 100 jet, to US based Swift Aviation Group, in a ceremony held at the Company’s headquarters, in São José dos Campos, Brazil during April. Swift, a private aircraft charter company, originally ordered the Phenom 100 in May 2006 and will base the jet at its company headquarters in Phoenix,
Pilot Ron Watts has set an Australian record for the number of aircraft landings in one day, taking off and landing 102 times from Illawarra Regional Airport on May 7, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). Watts, MAF”s national bequest manager, flew his Beechcraft 19A in a marathon five sessions
GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturers Association) reports that in the first three months of 2011 general aviation aircraft shipments fell 4.6 per cent, from 390 units in the first quarter of 2010 to 372 units this year. Billings were also down, by 20 per cent to US $3.7 billion when compared to the same period last
Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen has become the first industry founding partner of the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF), with a sponsorship deal totalling $75,000 over five years. “Jeppesen is the first major aviation organisation and first Founding Partner to come on board. Its contribution will enable us to commence work in developing the Australian Aviation
Cessna parent company Textron says it is searching for a new chairman, president and CEO of Cessna Aircraft after announcing the “retirement” of Jack Pelton. Textron chairman and CEO Scott Donnelly will head the Cessna business until a successor for Pelton can be found. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become
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