The Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia (RFACA) has chosen four students from around Australia to receive $6000 scholarships from Airservices Australia to aid with their flying training. The four winners are Joanna Cantly and Vanessa O’Brien from Darling Downs Aero Club in Toowoomba, Lauren Mengel of Alice Springs Aero Club and Sam Regan
Brindabella Airlines has announced that it will close its Brindabella Flight Training business, a moev which will leave Canberra without a flying school. “In recent years the business has become less and less commercially viable at Canberra Airport and there is no alternative airfield in Canberra to which we can move,” Brindabella Airlines CEO Jeff
MT Propeller has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the retrofit of a new five bladed propeller to the Pilatus PC-12. The company says that the five bladed, scimitar shaped composite prop increases the performance of the PC-12, with ground roll distance reduced by approximately 15 per cent, a five per cent reduction
Flight Training Adelaide (FTA) has completed the first helicopter pilot training course on behalf of the Rescue and Salvage Bureau section of the People’s Republic of China Ministry of Transport. Eight cadets were involved in the year-long program at FTA’s Parafield facilities. The course included an English language module, ground school theory training and 140
The US National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) has adopted a study which shows that single engine aircraft with glass cockpits had a safety record no better than those with conventional instruments. The study, which was initiated over a year ago, looked at the accident rates of over 8000 small piston powered aeroplanes manufactured between 2002
Perth based business jet operator Revesco Aviation has become the first operator in Australia to achieve International Standard – Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) accreditation. The IS-BAO program is an ICAO recognised international code of practice which was developed in 2002 aimed at setting global standards for business aviation. Similar to the IOSA accreditation program for