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Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland have announced plans to jointly develop a new 2.5 tonne class single-engine helicopter. The companies said the new aircraft would be marketed worldwide for a broad range of applications. Development of the program will be split evenly between the two, they said. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

The WA Police Air Wing has taken delivery of a specially equipped GippsAero GA8 Airvan, which will replace a Cessna 182 used for aerial surveillance work. “Because of the size of Western Australia, we have always operated a small single engine fixed wing aircraft in our fleet,” said officer in charge of the WA Police

The Aerial Agriculture Association of Australia (AAAA) has slammed the implementation of the government’s carbon tax, saying that it will raise costs for small operators and not result in cuts to emissions from aerial ag operators. AAAA CEO Phil Hurst says that the government’s claims that the carbon tax will only directly affect the largest

The ATSB has called on pilots to report wirestrike incidents after a recent report showed that there were around 100 incidents which were not reported between 2003 and 2011. In its study of reporting of wirestrike incidents, the ATSB found that over the nine year period that nearly 40 per cent of wirestrikes were not