Category: Support

Two Conair Convair CV580 firebombers arrived at Ballarat, Victoria, last week to take up duty for the 2010-11 fire season. The Convairs, C-FKFA and C-GYXC, as well as three Air Tractor 802s and a Turbo Commander 690, have been leased by the Victorian state government, and will be based at Avalon. This content is available exclusively

Boeing says it will launch a spare parts inventory management system using technologies such as RFID (radio frequency identification devices) and contact memory buttons (CMBs) in the first quarter of 2012, after signing a strategic alliance with Fujitsu. Under the deal Fujitsu will provide Boeing with automated identification technology devices, device readers, software applications and

Moorabbin-based Oxford Aviation Academy (OAA) has received JAR-FCL approval from the UK CAA approval for its ATPL integrated and modular airline pilot training courses. The approval comes following OAA’s acquisition of two new Mechtronix flight navigation and procedure trainers (FNPTIIs), one of which will be used for instrument flight training (a Cessna 172S piston simulator),

Embraer has announced it has improved its FlyEmbraer web portal (www.flyembraer.com), an online dedicated tool for the after-market community that provides support and services to its executive jet customers. The company says the site has become more user friendly and easier to navigate through improvements to its look and feel and simpler design. It has