Australian Aviation

Airbus Helicopters unveils X4 The first design under the new Airbus Helicopters identity, the X4, was officially unveiled at Heli-Expo 2015 in Orlando, Florida on March 3. Joining its product range between the H145 (formerly EC145) and the H175 (formerly EC175) in the 5. 5 to 6 tonne class, the twin-engine 12- seat X4, to

The Senate inquiry into airport and aviation security In December 2014, Senator Nick Xenophon lodged a Notice of Motion in the Senate calling for an inquiry into airport and aviation security, which was subsequently supported. The basis for this inquiry were several media reports on apparent breaches in airport and aviation security at Australian airports.

The real power of a good induction process It used to be the case that pointing a new employee or contract pilot at an aircraft, handing them a job order and telling them not to take too long counted as ‘induction’, but that simply doesn’t cut it in the face of legal requirements, good management

Qantas Group news It has been a quiet period on the local scene but it is good to see a number of Qantas 767-300ER and 737-476 aircraft in storage finding new homes. 747-438 VH-OJA made its final flight on March 8 when it ferried as QF7474 from Sydney to Wollongong where it is due to

Long-time Sydney Airport director Trevor Gerber has been named as the company’s next chairman. Gerber, who has been on the board since 2002, will formally take his seat as chairman following Sydney Airport’s annual general meeting on May 14 2015, subject to his re-election as a director. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation

Piper’s remarkable Meridian M500 Orbiting – rather appropriately – high above Florida’s famous Space Coast I study the instrument panel intently. Having carefully doublechecked that all of the automatic systems are disengaged I grasp the yoke and introduce an increasingly steep roll to port. As the PFD’s roll pointer approaches some small indices at the