Australian Aviation

The Victorian state government has awarded a 10-year contract for Ambulance Victoria helicopter services to Australian Helicopters. The new contract will see two new AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters acquired and operated by the company, and adds to the existing contract the company already has in place with the government for services at Warrnambool and Essendon. This content

A passenger affected by pain medication caused a hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight to Denpasar on April 25 when he allegedly knocked on the flightdeck door thinking it was a lavatory. The pilots of VA41, a 737 with 139 passengers on board flying from Brisbane to the Indonesian resort island, ‘squawked’ the internationally recognised

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10 years ago South East Asian Airlines (Seair) based in the Phillipines is operating the refurbished former Dornier Do24ATT technology demonstrator D-CATD. Seair’s founder and chairman is Iren Dornier, grandson of Dornier Aircraft’s founder, Claudius Dornier. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Subscribe to Australian Aviation for unlimited access to exclusive content

TAE has launched a more comprehensive turbine support facility at Adelaide Airport following the relocation of Masling Industries’ former Cootamundra-based operation to Adelaide. The move has allowed TAE to integrate and upgrade its small turbine component maintenance business at the Adelaide site and to provide a “one stop shop” for its small turbine customers. This

Grant Farrow’s Rans S-7S Courier WET is the only new type listed on the CASA register this issue although there are two already on the RA-Aus register and no less than six flying in New Zealand. The Courier is a conventional single-engine, high wing, tail wheel, two-seater designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Rans