Category: Support

The FAA has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD) to operators and owners of Boeing 737NGs to inspect the aircraft’s elevator tab control mechanisms following an incident on a Ryanair 737-800. The FAA says the AD originated from a reported “failure of aft attach lugs on the left elevator tab control mechanism, which resulted in

Turbomeca Australasia officially opened its new support facility at Bankstown Airport during a ceremony on March 12. The new 2500 square metre facility comprises workshops, a repair hall for MTR390 and RTM322 engines as used on the Army’s ARH Tiger and MRH 90 helicopters respectively, and an RTM322 engine production line. This content is available

Qantas has announced that it will install tri-generation powerplants at three of its Sydney facilities as part of an ongoing program to reduce its carbon footprint. Two powerplants will be installed by GridX at the company’s Sydney Jet Base, which will provide power and also use residual heat for heating and cooling purposes, achieving efficiencies

Aviation Australia has gained approval from CASA which will allow students undertaking some of its training programs an alternative to passing CASA exams, as well as a Dash 8 avionics type training approval. The specialist college has now gained approval for students to undertake its ‘Aviation Legislation (Module 10)’ as an alternative to CASA’s basic